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14th April 2009, 01:55 PM
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14th April 2009, 02:34 PM
MUST RESIST....... must... do you think I could ge a small loan!
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
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14th April 2009, 05:18 PM
I did think of trying to get into 'total archaeology' once... whereby you explode a very large bomb in the centre of a site (preferrably an urban one*). Following detonation, the site is instantly 'trowelled', with the finds nicely sorted and organised... the youngest (and lightest) ones being furthest away from the crater and the oldest ones (often heavier) being nearer the crater rim. There would be a direct correlation between date of site with the distance away from the explosion epicentre. No nasty stratigraphy to laboriously dig through (everything is instantly available to view). The site would take literally minutes to do, it would provide a ready-dug (cleaned) site for prospective developers, there would be no in-situ preservation mitigation and it would negate the need for on-site archaeologists as well (thereby cutting down on site costs).
Furthermore, if it was a nuclear explosion... the site would have to be cordoned off (for say 50 years) so that nasty post-ex and recording / report writing thing could wait a while - unless radiation suits are kindly provided by HS (along with lead-lined boots).
"I hope one day chickens will be able to cross the road without having their motives questioned" Anon
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14th April 2009, 05:39 PM
Blimey Gorilla! Are you trying to give people ideas?
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15th April 2009, 10:29 AM
I had an idea for a PhD once which focused on the fact that war disturbs archaeological deposits and large bombs will affect previously unknown archaeological deposits, which will then appear dispersed on geophysics results.
my solution was to propose that I survey numerous monument types on Salisbury plain and then hit them hard with various and measured ordnance and then re survey them. Then by knowing the type of shell that fell on the archaeology you could calibrate the machines to tell what it was before it was hit.
Couldn?t generate much interest however
In terms of archaeology transport, their was a hind gunship for sale in Bicester recently!! Why and how it was in Bicester I have no idea but it was all working but out of maintenance hours so would have needed a complete overhaul to get a CAA licence. Would have been cool for monitoring visits.
ten years on and still no bottom
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15th April 2009, 11:23 AM
That sounds like a great idea to me!
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15th April 2009, 01:46 PM
Nutters [:p]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce70k5ewGpA
Website for responsible Metal Detecting
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk
Recording Our Heritage For Future Generations.
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17th April 2009, 01:12 PM
obviously threatening to buy attack helicopters and fighter jets are just another attempt by Hosty to control and dominate British archaeology.}
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24th April 2009, 09:04 PM
Actually Hosty is buying them to rent out to those who lose their jobs to get EVEN.
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25th April 2009, 01:11 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by ashley
Actually Hosty is buying them to rent out to those who lose their jobs to get EVEN.
How much is the rent?
