But I thought you used toothbrushes?!

[eggbasket]

16) Why are sites underground?

I was asked this one once and completely failed to explain to the enquirer. Might have been because they were slightly piddly, but more probably was because my explanation was poor.

Cheers,
Eggbasket
Gentleman Adventurer and Antique

"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, the ringing's in your head"

[monitor lizard]

17) How can that be 10,000 years BC when the earth is only 4004 years old? (Was completely flumoxed the first time I was asked this - now I just smile and walk away)

1:face-thinks: Have you found any gold yet?

But seriously, I have heard story of a colleague being asked on site why he had a problem with the developer clearing the site but keeping all the dirt in lorries so that the archaeologists could look at it somewhere else? According to his logic, the site was still there, just in the back of a truck.....

Good topic Mr Hosty

ML

[Curator Kid]

Is no. 14 a health and safety question?

[Post-Med Potterer]

19) What happens to all the finds?

[BAJR Host]

just had one in from a memeber of the public..

19) Why can't archaeologists stop development?

and another
20) Why does the developer have to pay... surely if you want to dig here.. you should pay for it! ?

Another day another WSI?

[Sparky]

20) What do you do for a living?

[kevin wooldridge]

21: Are you all students?

[Beardstroker]

22. Have you found anything interesting? (once said to me while emerging from a large pit with a near complete amphora and with 3 others cleaning off a rather pretty mosaic fragment nearby)

[archae_logical]

Here's 2 questions from a non archaeologist

1. Why use one form of geophys equipment on gravel which does not give a worthwhile reading when there are other forms of geophys that would give better readings (Ok probably cost, but don't try telling us the results have any meaning)

2 Why treat all members of the general public as though they know nothing of archaeology, some of us do understand and can see when we're being told rubbish. (not referring to this forum but to a book my friend was reading recently on Roman roads and Henges which was complete rubbish but we were informed by an archaeologist that, because it was written by an archaeologist, it must be right.)
If you want details of this I can supply

[Mole]

23 Why did people live down holes?
24 How do you know where to dig?
25 How do you know that its Iron Age/Roman/Medieval etc