9th February 2008, 04:07 PM
When archaeologists discuss on-site recording with detectorists the importance of recording in context is often mentioned, I'm not convinced that the point has always been made in the most effective manner.
If a picture paints a thousand words then the video link below is an entire library all by itself.
the video is of a WWI battlefield excavation conducted by No Man's Land Archaeology in Loos, Belgium, originally broadcast on Channel 5 as part of the Battlefield Archaeology series. The programme shows how found human remains were identified by a combination of recording in context, forensic archaeology and documentary research. Other human remains were also found on the site, unfortunately the part of the site in which they were found was nighthawked before any diagnostic evidence could be recorded in context by the excavation team.
<LINK removed due to security threat>
I found the programme extremely powerful and emotive; before anybody comes back on here frothing at the mouth please remember that the detectorists who post on this forum are working with archaeologists towards a more harmonious future and share the archaeologists disdain and anger towards the nighthawkers. They may use the same equipment but they aren't the same people.
If a picture paints a thousand words then the video link below is an entire library all by itself.
the video is of a WWI battlefield excavation conducted by No Man's Land Archaeology in Loos, Belgium, originally broadcast on Channel 5 as part of the Battlefield Archaeology series. The programme shows how found human remains were identified by a combination of recording in context, forensic archaeology and documentary research. Other human remains were also found on the site, unfortunately the part of the site in which they were found was nighthawked before any diagnostic evidence could be recorded in context by the excavation team.
<LINK removed due to security threat>
I found the programme extremely powerful and emotive; before anybody comes back on here frothing at the mouth please remember that the detectorists who post on this forum are working with archaeologists towards a more harmonious future and share the archaeologists disdain and anger towards the nighthawkers. They may use the same equipment but they aren't the same people.
