30th April 2010, 11:16 AM
Quote:A 'DBA' without a 'train of evidence', conclusion and recommendations is not to my mind a DBA....well said Kevin...
and as invisible says... lets check the Standards and Guidance..
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ic...s/dba2.pdf
Quote:The purpose of desk-based assessments is to gain information about the known or potential archaeological resource within a given area or site (including the presence or absence, character and extent, date, integrity, state of preservation and relative quality of the potential archaeological resource), in order to make an assessment of its merit in context, leading to one or more of the following:
• the formulation of a strategy to ensure the recording, preservation or management of the resource
• the formulation of a strategy for further investigation, whether or not intrusive, where the character and value of the resource is not sufficiently defined to permit a mitigation strategy or other response to be devised
• the formulation of a proposal for further archaeological investigation within a programme of research
My bolds..