16th September 2011, 01:13 PM
Unitof1 Wrote:[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Seems to me that this is trying to do excavation without an evaluation. I would like someone to show me where in the manual its says that you can do that.
Actually on one of my jobs at the moment the client (who already got consent years ago) elected at the outset not to have any evaluation, prefering that the site be stripped (after standing-building recording and some earthwork survey), have a site meeting with the curator, and then biting the bullet and paying for the required mitigation of any 'unexpected' remains that turned up (there was already some pretty substantial 'known' archaeology there anyway). Seems to have worked out just fine, and definitely added to the sense of adventure in what would otherwise have been a pretty tedious month or two machine-watching :face-approve: