10th August 2008, 02:12 PM
I am familliar with the site discussed in a 'Professional Mockery', having assisted with the academic dig for some years (and also being a former resident of the area). Most of the commercial work discussed in the artical is fairly recent, and there may be hope that the results will filter through in due course, but there is a major problem with access to Thames Water's reservoir evaluation data. This project was undertaken in the 1990's, but the reports have still, nearly a decade later, not been released to the public domain. I would imagine that this is because Thames Water are facing so much hostility with regard to the proposed reservoir that they don't want to release the data and give protesters another stick to beat them with. Unfortunately they seem to be acting within their rights, so there is little that can be done about it.
Incidently, the academic project does have a fairly good publication record. Interim reports appear every year in South Midlands Archaeology (CBA 9), and are also on the project website at http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/resear...ts/marcham
John
"Hidden wisdom and buried treasure, what use is there in either?" (Ecclesiasticus ch20 v30)
Incidently, the academic project does have a fairly good publication record. Interim reports appear every year in South Midlands Archaeology (CBA 9), and are also on the project website at http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/resear...ts/marcham
John
"Hidden wisdom and buried treasure, what use is there in either?" (Ecclesiasticus ch20 v30)