02-18-2012, 04:38 PM
"Who dealt with the bodies? Which museum or archaeological unit was responsible for the correct handling, analysis and preservation (if necessary) of these inconsequential bodies??? AAARRRGGGGHHHHHHH ...and breathe..."
I think it was Northamptonshire Archaeology, Glenn Foard was the archaeological director of the Trust at the time, and as former county archaeologist I assume all was appropriate. Bodies are of no means inconsequential, in this context of this thread, they removed a corner stone of the Paulerspury theory and I assume will go some way to looking at the Upper Nene and Ouse colonisation in the Dark Ages, but that's for another forum.
"Yup...you get a nice group of detectorists lined up and I will demonstrate enfilade fire from a defilade position with the appropriate artillery"
Please be so kind as to mark your rounds clearly with a date and so their remnants are not mistaken for older finds when we dig them up. Best answer to the metal detecting problem I overheard from a French historian at a dig a while ago was to salt the ground with lots and lots of tiny metal disc's, apparently it makes French Nighthawks heads explode with frustration.
Church Stowe was a WWII practice range so detecting there is likely to pull up several tonnes of C20th shrapnel before any hint of Roman surfaces
I think it was Northamptonshire Archaeology, Glenn Foard was the archaeological director of the Trust at the time, and as former county archaeologist I assume all was appropriate. Bodies are of no means inconsequential, in this context of this thread, they removed a corner stone of the Paulerspury theory and I assume will go some way to looking at the Upper Nene and Ouse colonisation in the Dark Ages, but that's for another forum.
"Yup...you get a nice group of detectorists lined up and I will demonstrate enfilade fire from a defilade position with the appropriate artillery"
Please be so kind as to mark your rounds clearly with a date and so their remnants are not mistaken for older finds when we dig them up. Best answer to the metal detecting problem I overheard from a French historian at a dig a while ago was to salt the ground with lots and lots of tiny metal disc's, apparently it makes French Nighthawks heads explode with frustration.
Church Stowe was a WWII practice range so detecting there is likely to pull up several tonnes of C20th shrapnel before any hint of Roman surfaces