14th November 2008, 11:52 AM
Hi Kevin,
The current silchester excavations began 12 years ago, and most of the strategies haven't changed, I don't think (but then i was still at school then!). Also, being a training excavation, we are obliged to give the basics of archaeology and arguably everyone should know how to plan traditionally. We can train the 100+ students with permatrace and frames because it is cheap as well - cost is of course an issue, university field schools not reknowned for having large sums of cash!
The current silchester excavations began 12 years ago, and most of the strategies haven't changed, I don't think (but then i was still at school then!). Also, being a training excavation, we are obliged to give the basics of archaeology and arguably everyone should know how to plan traditionally. We can train the 100+ students with permatrace and frames because it is cheap as well - cost is of course an issue, university field schools not reknowned for having large sums of cash!