RE: aerial photos to volunteers-in-place-diggingbyslantedlightOctober 1 2015, 22:35:45 UTC
Big finds are usually a three ring circus. Only when people are told that something's a big find. It can take years until a dig appears in the papers, even these days, even when there's a major discovery made. Too much well-we-won't-be-able-to-tell-until for the media, they don't want to know until someone's prepared to go out on a limb with we-have-evidence-that... Tony Robinson and that ridiculous Bonekickers are just a wee bit fast-paced compared to the real thing... *g*
you usually expect that sort of speed with a threatened site, inner city development, for example, working between the wrecking ball and the new build Yeah, but that kind of rescue dig wasn't par-for-the-course back then. Now developers have tame archaeologists on hand to start with, but that's relatively new practice. And even when there is a find it's got to be exceptional to start this kind of full-scale dig. And it's definitely not how university digs tend to work, even now!
But like I said above, I only mentioned it in an effort to add a wee quibble to my comment - I was perfectly able to hand-wave it through with joy. *g*
Don't talk to me about Bonekickers, absolutely derivative drivel from the word go; and an insult to just about every IQ watching! I can only assume the entire cast was acting under duress, there is no other reason for respectable acting talent to be involved in such mind rot.
At least Relic Hunter had the good grace to have no pretensions and, if not that historically rigorous, knew how to entertain. I don't mind bubble gum tv, so long as it knows it's bubble gum tv.
Three Ring Circus I was thinking of the original Fishbourne (and perhaps, if I'm honest, more of Sutton Hoo), big finds are treated differently. Although to be fair, it might not yet have got out. There didn't seem to be much interest from the locals, the metal detectorists were a put up job, so they don't count.
Only when people are told that something's a big find. It can take years until a dig appears in the papers, even these days, even when there's a major discovery made. Too much well-we-won't-be-able-to-tell-until for the media, they don't want to know until someone's prepared to go out on a limb with we-have-evidence-that... Tony Robinson and that ridiculous Bonekickers are just a wee bit fast-paced compared to the real thing... *g*
you usually expect that sort of speed with a threatened site, inner city development, for example, working between the wrecking ball and the new build
Yeah, but that kind of rescue dig wasn't par-for-the-course back then. Now developers have tame archaeologists on hand to start with, but that's relatively new practice. And even when there is a find it's got to be exceptional to start this kind of full-scale dig. And it's definitely not how university digs tend to work, even now!
But like I said above, I only mentioned it in an effort to add a wee quibble to my comment - I was perfectly able to hand-wave it through with joy. *g*
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Don't talk to me about Bonekickers, absolutely derivative drivel from the word go; and an insult to just about every IQ watching! I can only assume the entire cast was acting under duress, there is no other reason for respectable acting talent to be involved in such mind rot.
At least Relic Hunter had the good grace to have no pretensions and, if not that historically rigorous, knew how to entertain. I don't mind bubble gum tv, so long as it knows it's bubble gum tv.
Three Ring Circus I was thinking of the original Fishbourne (and perhaps, if I'm honest, more of Sutton Hoo), big finds are treated differently. Although to be fair, it might not yet have got out. There didn't seem to be much interest from the locals, the metal detectorists were a put up job, so they don't count.
Rescue dig; absolutely, my very point :0)
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