17th August 2013, 11:02 AM
Wax Wrote:My suspicion is that it all boils down to costs and if the curator does not stipulate an appropriate sampling stratagy as part of the brief then it won't get done. Commercial won't do it unless they have to (some exemplary units will out of professional pride)
Just needs a simple change of attitude from "only doing it cos we have to in order to fulfill the contract", to "doing it cos its interesting" - I really do wonder sometimes why a lot of people become commercial archaeologists in the first place since they clearly aren't actually interested in the archaeology and the fun of finding stuff (which can sometimes be a helluva lot in a well-selected tub of soil)