Looking back at how we used to dig test pits versus the new geophysical survey gear

We spent weeks digging random holes in a field near Bristol, but the new ground-penetrating radar unit found the whole Roman villa outline in two days. Anyone else miss the old shovel work even though the new tech is clearly better?

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smith.uma2mo ago

Miss how much you learn from the dirt itself. The new gear gives you a clean picture but you lose the feel for the soil layers and the small finds. Sometimes the old way gives you context the machines just can't see.

richard_west52mo ago

So what's the biggest thing you think tech misses?

lucas631mo ago

Tech loses the human touch in everything now.