14th June 2011, 04:41 AM
Never mind WWII, what about all the Cold War goodies? Be grateful that 20th Century archaeology can actually be done commercially in the UK (here in NZ archaeology by law stops at 1900).
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what is the point of doing medieval archaeology anyway?
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14th June 2011, 04:41 AM
Never mind WWII, what about all the Cold War goodies? Be grateful that 20th Century archaeology can actually be done commercially in the UK (here in NZ archaeology by law stops at 1900).
14th June 2011, 03:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 14th June 2011, 03:14 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Here in Norway, apart from shipwrecks and some aboriginal sites, archaeology 'stops' at 1537!!
(thats the year by the way, not the time we go home!!)
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...
14th June 2011, 07:36 PM
Winders Wrote:Never mind WWII, what about all the Cold War goodies? Be grateful that 20th Century archaeology can actually be done commercially in the UK (here in NZ archaeology by law stops at 1900). The sheep have had my site since 1945 (good news for the earthwork bit of the site, keep having a WOW moment every time I look across the area, then an EEK moment when I remember I'm supposed to do something with it), and unfortunately the client doesn't seem to want to pay us to dig all the ones that seem to have wound up in shallow graves since then. Does NZ have sheep buried all over it too?
14th June 2011, 08:05 PM
Hope you know what those sheep died of (anthrax?). Once excavated a pit containing sheep bones and underneath them a 1950s Tomatoe sauce bottle :p Great dating evidence
14th June 2011, 08:23 PM
Leaving 'em alone, have dug plenty of sheep by mistake on this quarry over the years, can spot the holes now just by colour - and bones sticking out of neolithic earthworks seem to excite people anyway }
....if they thought they'd realise that any bone on this gravel is likely to be less that 50 years old....
14th June 2011, 10:35 PM
Going back to the orignal question it would seem to be as much point as this thread...
Are you trying to get a job with Digging the Dirt, P Prentice?}
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
15th June 2011, 02:06 PM
deadlylampshade Wrote:Going back to the orignal question it would seem to be as much point as this thread... Hello Deadly Well done you
15th June 2011, 02:49 PM
Oooh...close and a cigar as well then! What a clever Lampshade...:face-approve:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
15th June 2011, 04:23 PM
deadlylampshade Wrote:Oooh...close and a cigar as well then! What a clever Lampshade...:face-approve: many smarts indeed
16th June 2011, 11:32 AM
while we are on the subject.....What's the point in Roman Archaeology?...
We have to make some pragmatic choices. It is too easy for more 'visible' archaeology (eg med and Roman features, post med structures etc) to eat up too much time and money on a project (especially if they have to be removed stratagraphically...)....simply machining it away risks damage to earlier archaeology...therefore such archaeology must be defined before it can be Surgically Amputated...even if its contribution to knowledge is minuscule or non-existent. however...far too many projects (for many reasons) seem to get completely bogged down in the 'obvious'/later (boring!) phases, and nearly fail time and time again to deal adequately with the 'obscure'/ephemeral/earlier (yeah!) phases, from which much more 'interesting' research s likely to be generated.... Yes, archaeology is a valuable tool in Modern/Medieval/Roman studies. But is is just one tool, and some aspects of these periods are extremely well researched./'documented' already. In Prehistoric Studies, archaeology is the only tool, and many aspects are ripe for speculation, conjecture, and new evidence. There is a systemic imbalance in the profession in regard of complex multi-period sites, whereby expenditure of time and resources is massively biassed towards later or more obvious archaeology (e.g. Roman+), and consequently earlier/ephemeral phases are scrappy and hurriedly excavated, if they are observed at all... |
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