26th November 2013, 10:03 AM
There you go then! That's the kind of stuff that needs preserving in some sort of 'public domain'. Unused data, musings, obscure observations, hypotheses needing testing etc. My management have an annoying habit of 'culling' perfectly good bits out of report discussions to save space where it's deemed not strictly relevant (although in our line of work what is and isn't relevant is often a grey area) - doesn't mean they shouldn't get preserved in some way even if not deemed fit for that particular vehicle? Archaeology tends to be a bit straight-laced, we need a forum where the slightly wilder ideas can be aired, for people to either prove or disprove them down the line