16th July 2009, 10:18 AM
Interestingly this was also reported in October 2003 in The Digger (voice of
the archaeologist) with a twist - apologies for ancient website!
http://www.bajr.org/DiggerMagazine/TheDi...icle3.html
and again here in November
http://www.bajr.org/DiggerMagazine/Digger31/Page1.htm
This issue reproduces an informal comment by Peter Hinton about the role of
an IfA RAO;
"...We've taken the view that it is clear that the site will not survive
(too well known, too much loot) and rather than have it trashed with grab
buckets it is better to go with the Odyssey plan and get some archaeological
data. We've argued therefore that the site needs proper archaeological
supervision and that the excavation should be to IFA standard. With an RAO
[IFA Registered Archaeological Organisation] we expect to get that....."
This is a very complex case, and I think it is good to highlight it.. and
the issues it raises... ones very similar to terrestrial sites too -
needless to say... and of course one has to remember that the comemnts
above were made 6 years ago, so may not reflect current thinking.
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi
the archaeologist) with a twist - apologies for ancient website!
http://www.bajr.org/DiggerMagazine/TheDi...icle3.html
and again here in November
http://www.bajr.org/DiggerMagazine/Digger31/Page1.htm
This issue reproduces an informal comment by Peter Hinton about the role of
an IfA RAO;
"...We've taken the view that it is clear that the site will not survive
(too well known, too much loot) and rather than have it trashed with grab
buckets it is better to go with the Odyssey plan and get some archaeological
data. We've argued therefore that the site needs proper archaeological
supervision and that the excavation should be to IFA standard. With an RAO
[IFA Registered Archaeological Organisation] we expect to get that....."
This is a very complex case, and I think it is good to highlight it.. and
the issues it raises... ones very similar to terrestrial sites too -
needless to say... and of course one has to remember that the comemnts
above were made 6 years ago, so may not reflect current thinking.
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi