11-22-2001, 06:20 PM
No, because it will have been a condition of the development being allowed to proceed that the developer fund the excavation (and post-excavation) to publication. Offer voluntary contributions and the developer will spot a way out of their obligations.<br>
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A great deal of hook-wriggling is usually done by developers who are happy to get the publicity whilst the goodies are coming out the ground, but more reluctant to open the chequebook when the time comes to cough up (there are exceptions to this, but the genuinely enlightened are, in my experience, in the minority). Thus has it always been and ever shall be until we get rid of the wretched developer funding.<br>
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Mike Bishop (whose cynicism is starting to show through) <p></p><i></i>
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A great deal of hook-wriggling is usually done by developers who are happy to get the publicity whilst the goodies are coming out the ground, but more reluctant to open the chequebook when the time comes to cough up (there are exceptions to this, but the genuinely enlightened are, in my experience, in the minority). Thus has it always been and ever shall be until we get rid of the wretched developer funding.<br>
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Mike Bishop (whose cynicism is starting to show through) <p></p><i></i>
