10th March 2006, 06:57 PM
not a watching brief, but I know of two sites, both with skeletons, where the excavation was paid for, but then the developer wouldn't or couldn't find the money for post-excavation work beyond assessment, even though recommendations were made that the material should be studied further. The skeletons were then reburied, rendering them unstudiable by anyone at all. Almost makes you wonder what was the point in paying all that money to have them excavated by archaeologists if you are then not going to pay for any analysis work. Might as well have been done with a JCB...
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++