Kosmo Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 ASHKELON, Israel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 How nice it is for an archaeological site to have large sums of money lying around ready to throw at a problem. I may be a bit cynical but possibly this advance is more to do with where the excavation is, local politics and who's stumping up the cash than actual research 'needs'. Most archaeolgical excavations have to make do with some basic facilities on site and then begging, borrowing or stealing lab time afterwards - if extremely lucky they may find a research fellow able to provide expert knowledge by return post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artimi Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Is this the only site to be supplied with such modern tools? and if not why the comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Is this the only site to be supplied with such modern tools? and if not why the comment? Like I say I may be feeling a bit cynical at present but there have been numerous reports regarding archaeological work in that part of the world being driven by an overtly political/ religious agenda. Particularly but not exclusively in the occupied West Bank. So hearing about very expensive equipment and scientific input being available efectively 24 hours a day on one project all be it on the coast near Tel Aviv makes me somewhat suspicious of what lies behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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