5th July 2005, 11:20 PM
Bit of a rant...getting pretty painfully intolerent of hideously under-estimated sites being hacked. I`m lucky enough? to be in regular touch with lots of circuit diggers who all seem to be saying the same thing i.e, that initial estimates are verging on the pathetic and, as always, as time contracts, the earliest and usually sexiest archaeology is where the most ridiculous compromises are made. From my heady days in a consultancy, I seem to remember that deviations from the previously agreed mitigation will only be valid when all participants agree. How is it then that Mr/Mrs MIFA can undertake band-aid archaeology without consulting with the grown ups first?[?]