27th June 2014, 01:03 PM
GnomeKing Wrote:interesting discussion...
Indeed, I am enjoying it and it is raising many pertinent points (creswellian or otherwise)
GnomeKing Wrote:Anyway; I am moving to thinking that basically our default position should be 'trowel every layer', unless (effectively) it can be cogently argued as unessescary (and justified, eg though data)
This is considerabley better than having to argue each time for the opposite.
Interesting position to take, though in the rest of the world they tend to assume the negative unless there is evidence to the contrary, (except in the case of religion!:face-stir
Though, in practice, in the field I expect the best possible archaeology (worst for the client) so I can be thoroughly prepared to record it in the time allowed.
But I find you can't talk to clients in those terms as they are easily panicked by the threatening spectre of an unforseen costly excavation.