Dear all, Some years ago someone wrote an article concerning the varying efficiencies of hand retrieval dependent on the health, interest, mood etc of the individual excavators. I'm pretty sure it was a British site. Can anyone please help me track down this reference? Thanks Kevin Rielly Kevin Rielly Animal Bone Specialist Museum of London Specialist Services Mortimer Wheeler House 46 Eagle Wharf Road London. N1 7ED Tel: 020 7566 9330 Fax: 020 7490 3995 Email: [log in to unmask] www.molss.org.uk 2 more MoLAS publications! The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne, Essex (excavations for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project) and Pre-Boudican activity on the site of the London forum (for Marks and Spencer)