19th May 2010, 01:56 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:..run by and partly staffed by your 'commercial' county units who I'm sure/know did very well out of them (eg subsequently getting all the contracts to write them up, a number of big projects from those days seem to be getting published 20+ years after the last MSC people had any involvement)
Er, no.
No financial provision was made for analysis or reporting at the end of MSC and the only benefit that the county units got out of it was being allowed to work out what to do with all the finds and records for twenty-odd years. An increase in ability to screw cash out of the government (or more often the lottery) is the only reason that some of these sites are now seeing the light of day.
D. Vader
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of Tony Robinson.
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of Tony Robinson.