To Dig or Preserve

[kevin wooldridge]

One of the arguments often heard justifying 'preservation' is that at some future date we will discover a method or methods that will enhance our understanding and interpretation of archaeological sites. That may well be the case, BUT......as we are not even using all of the methods and resources available at present to look at interpret and understand our built and buried heritage, what certainty is there that we will do that in the future?

Lets face it (and now I am going to sound like Uo1) its all a con, sweeping our immediate problems under the carpet and hoping either that the issue will be forgotten or that nature will run its course and the 'problem' will simply disappear.....