Comments on: Rescue garden archaeology before the Olympic equestrian event in Greenwich https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/rescue-garden-archaeology-before-the-olympic-equestrian-event-in-greenwich/ Gardenvisit.com Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/rescue-garden-archaeology-before-the-olympic-equestrian-event-in-greenwich/#comment-1244 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:27:17 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2788#comment-1244 The Landscape Institute has a very very cautious and very very slow procedure for developing what are called Position Statements. For fear of causing offense, they hardly every say anything about anything. I don’t think I have ever seen a press report about the LI saying something of interest or relevance to debate on matters concerning the landscape.

]]> By: Marian https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/rescue-garden-archaeology-before-the-olympic-equestrian-event-in-greenwich/#comment-1243 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:00:33 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2788#comment-1243 Fabulous photographs and how wonderful to have the original drawing. Does the Landscape Institute involve itself in putting pressure on the right spots to get such work commissioned?

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/rescue-garden-archaeology-before-the-olympic-equestrian-event-in-greenwich/#comment-1242 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:01:02 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2788#comment-1242 See Wiki on rescue archaeology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_archaeology but the main points I have in mind are (1) do the work soon because if it is not done soon the evidence will fall to the bulldozer (2) do the job a less carefully than would be the case if the evidence was not threatened (3) fund the work from a non-traditional source (ie the developer). Olympic development teams always seem to be able lay their hands on limitless funds, unlike archaeologists.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/rescue-garden-archaeology-before-the-olympic-equestrian-event-in-greenwich/#comment-1241 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:34:30 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2788#comment-1241 Great photographs! And an interesting essay on skyline composition….

Are there any explicit expectations from the [rescue] archaeological investigation? And if so what are they? Or is the archaeological investigation purely exploratory? How does a rescue investigation differ from a general archaeological investigation?

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