23rd February 2007, 02:25 PM
I've got to agree with Troll in most of what he says about the value of reports - absolutely essential; without proper reporting at every stage, archaeological work is simply licensed vandalism. Without proper collation, analysis and reporting of existing data at pre-fieldwork stage, there is no basis for demonstrating the need for fieldwork or for designing a fieldwork programme. That is what DBAs are primarily for.
Unit of 1, you seem to have a very strange idea of what a DBA is and what it is for - generally they don't do the things you suggest they do at all.
The approach you advocate appears to be to help prospective developers to conceal archaeology from the curator. This goes against the whole ethos of the planning system, under which the developer is supposed to make sure that the local authority has the information it needs to make a properly considered decision.
I may have misunderstood you, because I do find much of what you say difficult to understand. I hope that is the case, because I would have to consider such an approach highly unethical and possibly illegal. It would be the attitude of someone who does not actually care about the archaeology itself, but only about opportunities to earn money from it.
BAJR Host, I hope that this post stays within the AUP - I'm trying hard to do that, although tempted to use some much stronger wording!
1man1desk
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Unit of 1, you seem to have a very strange idea of what a DBA is and what it is for - generally they don't do the things you suggest they do at all.
The approach you advocate appears to be to help prospective developers to conceal archaeology from the curator. This goes against the whole ethos of the planning system, under which the developer is supposed to make sure that the local authority has the information it needs to make a properly considered decision.
I may have misunderstood you, because I do find much of what you say difficult to understand. I hope that is the case, because I would have to consider such an approach highly unethical and possibly illegal. It would be the attitude of someone who does not actually care about the archaeology itself, but only about opportunities to earn money from it.
BAJR Host, I hope that this post stays within the AUP - I'm trying hard to do that, although tempted to use some much stronger wording!
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished