7th June 2014, 10:05 AM
A good DBA informs the project design for the field work. A bad DBA is a waste of time and effort. I am with Dinosaur, too often they are a regurgitation of the HER without the knowledge and understanding of what the information in the HER indicates about the below ground archaeological potential. And Dino is right far too many people, archaeologists included, presume the dot on the map is the extent of the archaeology when if they actually read the full HER description they would get a much better grasp of the potential site. Producing a good DBA is a much an archaeological skill as any field work.