14th July 2005, 03:54 PM
Right on both counts there Sea Surg. York.. like many great cities is now home to the great archaeology swindle... Piling!
I still remember one site in York where the piling started and god the ammount of ROamn that came pouring out was horrifying.. in a curatorial role I look at piling causing damage of up to 1m radius around the pile... and vibrocompaction... don't get me started!
http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/publicatio...ch/14.html read it and weep [xx(]
6.3.8 Based on practical demonstrations and observations of the damage caused to archaeological layers by piling, the Norwegian authorities introduced a policy of refusing permission for pile-constructions unless the site was totally excavated (Biddle 1994, 8-10, especially fig. 2 and fig. 5). While this general policy exists, it is not inflexible and, where deemed appropriate for a specific site, piling is permitted (ibid. 10). Biddle (ibid. 10-12) also outlined the damage caused by piling observed at Farrier Street, Worcester, where about 3% of the development area was disturbed by piling. Although the percentage may seem small, 'the dislocation of the deposits and the consequent mixing of the artefacts and ecofacts has had a serious effect on the integrity of the archaeological evidence left in situ' (Biddle 1994, 13-14). Fearon O'Neill Riordan (1996, :face-thinks: suggested typical perforation values of 2-2.5% for piled foundations in Cork city.
Another day another WSI?
I still remember one site in York where the piling started and god the ammount of ROamn that came pouring out was horrifying.. in a curatorial role I look at piling causing damage of up to 1m radius around the pile... and vibrocompaction... don't get me started!
http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/publicatio...ch/14.html read it and weep [xx(]
6.3.8 Based on practical demonstrations and observations of the damage caused to archaeological layers by piling, the Norwegian authorities introduced a policy of refusing permission for pile-constructions unless the site was totally excavated (Biddle 1994, 8-10, especially fig. 2 and fig. 5). While this general policy exists, it is not inflexible and, where deemed appropriate for a specific site, piling is permitted (ibid. 10). Biddle (ibid. 10-12) also outlined the damage caused by piling observed at Farrier Street, Worcester, where about 3% of the development area was disturbed by piling. Although the percentage may seem small, 'the dislocation of the deposits and the consequent mixing of the artefacts and ecofacts has had a serious effect on the integrity of the archaeological evidence left in situ' (Biddle 1994, 13-14). Fearon O'Neill Riordan (1996, :face-thinks: suggested typical perforation values of 2-2.5% for piled foundations in Cork city.
Another day another WSI?