18th October 2013, 11:20 AM
Dinosaur Wrote:I get fed up with projects where 90% of the several tons of soil laboriously lugged off site is, at the end of the day, valueless - effort should = results [or is that just me getting old?]
During evaluations in some counties, we are asked to sample all undated ditches. Why? Subsequent map research shows it to be 18th century and we end up with yet another batch of tubs waiting for the contents to be to be thrown away.
As for the age thing, well I am sure if I looked hard enough I would find in our yard unexamined/unprocessed samples older than my 27 year archaeological career to date.