16th November 2009, 06:30 PM
I can but respect your comments Steven as many of them make sense. (damn you)
Indeed your point about collection of other artefactual evidence is a good one. (why not)
They way I see it... it's all gonna go anyway... so nothing to lose from having a professional archaeologist a professional FLO, and 8 professional quality detectorists helped by keen amateur archaeology society. Again it comes down to money and time. However, the concept that
I like that idea... but that would better be coming from EH, though I suspect short shrift
The idea of sterilisation is only topsoil... again.. seeing as it is getting talken anyway... would it not be better for us to find it.
However, I do agree...
When I see that work, then I will agree even more.
Belzoni is right to say
As only by discussing mad ideas, can we come up with ones that work. Maybe it is crazy... but then so is the concept of leaving sites until they disappear.
Indeed your point about collection of other artefactual evidence is a good one. (why not)
They way I see it... it's all gonna go anyway... so nothing to lose from having a professional archaeologist a professional FLO, and 8 professional quality detectorists helped by keen amateur archaeology society. Again it comes down to money and time. However, the concept that
Steven Wrote:Get farmers (by law) to enter into management of monuments and subsidise them through existing farm payments. If the wished to carry on ploughing simply get them to pay for the archaeology in the same way developers are required under the planning process.
I like that idea... but that would better be coming from EH, though I suspect short shrift
The idea of sterilisation is only topsoil... again.. seeing as it is getting talken anyway... would it not be better for us to find it.
However, I do agree...
Steven Wrote:deal with it through the normal method, the criminal justice system.
When I see that work, then I will agree even more.
Belzoni is right to say
belzoni Wrote:At least if people understood the main targets and why they would perhaps direct their attention toward that which they could possibly do something about.
As only by discussing mad ideas, can we come up with ones that work. Maybe it is crazy... but then so is the concept of leaving sites until they disappear.
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he
Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647