![]() ![]() ![]() You can live without the coin, but you need the dating information. In archaeology it’s whether that datable coin is found in the wall foundations or its demolition infill. In policing it’s whether the broken glass is on the inside or the outside. It’s a religion they share with scene of crime technicians and it had been drummed into me from my first day at Hendon.Ĭontext – where you find an object – is more important than the actual object. ![]() Despite living in a nice Edwardian semi in Chiswick, his family were originally from Fulwood, Sheffield and had enough readies to send him to Birkdale School as a day boy. ‘We wouldn’t have even noticed some of the thefts if they hadn’t been important to the context,’ said Adrian.Ĭontext being the key concept of modern scientific archaeology, and what separates your modern professional from the fumbling archivists and swivel-eyed tomb raiders of the past. SELECTION FROM Lies Sleeping Ben Aaronovitch HIS NAME WAS Richard Williams and he worked in public relations. Archaeology came in all shapes, sizes, and apparent degrees of nickableness. Important in archaeological terms not always being the same as valuable – at least not in the fenceable sense. ‘That depends on how you define it,’ said Adrian.īecause material went missing off sites all the time, which is why important finds were collated and secured the day they were found. “How many thefts have there been?’ I asked. ![]()
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