My one-line piece of advice to excavators is always 'if in doubt,
sample' (though with the unspoken rider: "and, when you've sampled 'it',
look after it properly and have it studied by a competent worker"!
Allan Hall
Lisa wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm planning a weekend course in archaeobotany (at Kent Archaeological
> School) that I'll be givng in a fortnight's time. The students will probably
> include professional archaeologists from commercial units among the usual
> collection of students and amatuers.
>
> So, I've a captive audience to share the wonders of archaeobotany with. Any
> messages you, especially those of you trying to earn a living via developer
> funded work, would like to know was being given to encourage more sampling
> and better recovery of plant remains? I'll fully acknowledge any juicy
> anecdotes along the lines of "If that sample hadn't been taken we'd never
> have learnt that....".
>
> best wishes,
>
> Lisa Gray
>
> (archaeobotanist, ex MoLSS, now freelance as an associate of AMTeC co-op
> Ltd)
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Dr Allan Hall, English Heritage Research Fellow, Department of
Archaeology, University of York, The King's Manor, York YO1 7EP, UK
+44 1904 434950 (fax 433902)
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