15th January 2008, 12:08 AM
phew... what a programme ... a very very honest prog... made me feel uncomortable a few times... both for the detectorsits and for the archaeologists... I think that was the point.... is this not a bit daft... is it not stupid? Why not step forward.. (like certain crazy people not a million miles from here... and soem brave archaeologists and detectorists!) Why do we have to be brave? why afraid?
Gary is right... so lets get on with it.... No Control ... Yes Cooperation
As I have said on other forums...
Without knowing all the reasons... the archaeologists put trenches at locations where there were features... which makes sense ... we would want to 'hit' featrues such as pits and ditches to get evidence out of... put trenches where there are no 'targets... it is like you digging in places where you don't have a signal.
Although I agree in the main with the experiment... if you look at the results in detail, you will see that the spread of finds is clustered around wher their was something.. though this can disapate with time... and potato ploughing is DEEPLY damaging..
So I would have put a larger trench in the area of finds concentrations... however I would also like to know what I am dealing with first... This is like going into a dark room with a torch... rather than just hoping for the best.. and digging blindly.
So YES - I would have listened to the detectorsits... and YES I would also have explained why many of the trenches wer not in the location of finds... rather they were located on features...
As would I... and they did put in a trench there...
Without knowing all the reasons... the archaeologists put trenches at locations where there were features... which makes sense ... we would want to 'hit' featrues such as pits and ditches to get evidence out of... put trenches where there are no 'targets... it is like you digging in places where you don't have a signal.
So yes this is a forum to talk about it... as I expect others may steer clear of honest talk.... and thats what we need.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Gary is right... so lets get on with it.... No Control ... Yes Cooperation
As I have said on other forums...
Without knowing all the reasons... the archaeologists put trenches at locations where there were features... which makes sense ... we would want to 'hit' featrues such as pits and ditches to get evidence out of... put trenches where there are no 'targets... it is like you digging in places where you don't have a signal.
Although I agree in the main with the experiment... if you look at the results in detail, you will see that the spread of finds is clustered around wher their was something.. though this can disapate with time... and potato ploughing is DEEPLY damaging..
So I would have put a larger trench in the area of finds concentrations... however I would also like to know what I am dealing with first... This is like going into a dark room with a torch... rather than just hoping for the best.. and digging blindly.
So YES - I would have listened to the detectorsits... and YES I would also have explained why many of the trenches wer not in the location of finds... rather they were located on features...
As would I... and they did put in a trench there...
Without knowing all the reasons... the archaeologists put trenches at locations where there were features... which makes sense ... we would want to 'hit' featrues such as pits and ditches to get evidence out of... put trenches where there are no 'targets... it is like you digging in places where you don't have a signal.
So yes this is a forum to talk about it... as I expect others may steer clear of honest talk.... and thats what we need.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu