7th February 2007, 07:37 PM
Didn't see the episode in question. However, skellies do not take that long to excavate. A compentant, experienced digger should be able to dig/record two skellies a day. It may look rough, but hey we are professionals. One of the market leaders in skellie excavation, MoLas, has a very refined system operation... machine down to top of grave cuts, then excavate by hand, roughly clean by hand and then record presence of bones before removing. Individual grave cuts are located to a site grid and exceptional skellies are photographed! The result, a very quick and efficeient excavation of a cemetery - 500 burials in 6 weeks (including setup).
Although, not a great fan of time team, don't just jump on the band wagon and knock, gain a little experience.....
Although, not a great fan of time team, don't just jump on the band wagon and knock, gain a little experience.....