17th October 2012, 10:11 PM
Doug Wrote:I think you might have overlooked my last few words, it will need to be dug at some point before it is gone (however that might occur) preservation in situ MIGHT be the best option or it MIGHT not but we should not assume either way is the be all end all. The world is not black and white, preservation underground MIGHT be good in some senses and it MIGHT not be in the majority. I am against blanket decisions in favor of one or the other.
Luckily, such decisions are above my pay grade.
Haha! And lightyears above mine.. but yeah I agree, nothing is ever black and white, and indeed I agree that there is always a level of perspective involved, I just think Archaeology seems to be avoiding excavation to an extent these days, perhaps because of financial restraints or even ethical stance, either way, for me it's a shame that what many archaeologists love about the profession (i.e. the digging) is becoming somewhat frowned upon.
I don't know, I might be being dramatic?