5th May 2011, 06:45 PM
There is, however, one rather large previous excavation that isn't going to come into play....really the other unit ought to be doing something from their end....
I'm lucky in that only one of the previous interventions that I'm intending to cover produced any finds (and all but one of those are currently missing - the one pot we've got has been referred to so much in the literature despite never being published that even I could write a report on it), and all but one were just watching briefs/salvage recording - the record for probably the most interesting consists of about 10 lines of description and a sketch plan and section all on one bit of paper lurking in a folder amongst loads of other stuff in the local HER, full marks to the guy in the 70s for calling it a 'Neolithic ditch', while completely missing its significance.....that'll be not looking at the wider landscape then.....
Also since I'll have to refer to these sites anyway (mostly they were digging/recording exactly the same features my lot are currently playing with) they'll need some form of explanation and illustration as part of the main report, so apart from my free time there really isn't any noticeable extra cost to the client for getting a superior end product, which is the kind of thing they like :face-approve:
I'm lucky in that only one of the previous interventions that I'm intending to cover produced any finds (and all but one of those are currently missing - the one pot we've got has been referred to so much in the literature despite never being published that even I could write a report on it), and all but one were just watching briefs/salvage recording - the record for probably the most interesting consists of about 10 lines of description and a sketch plan and section all on one bit of paper lurking in a folder amongst loads of other stuff in the local HER, full marks to the guy in the 70s for calling it a 'Neolithic ditch', while completely missing its significance.....that'll be not looking at the wider landscape then.....
Also since I'll have to refer to these sites anyway (mostly they were digging/recording exactly the same features my lot are currently playing with) they'll need some form of explanation and illustration as part of the main report, so apart from my free time there really isn't any noticeable extra cost to the client for getting a superior end product, which is the kind of thing they like :face-approve: