Had to choose between a total site dig or just the main chamber at a Roman villa near Bath

We went with the chamber first and found a complete mosaic floor under just 2 feet of dirt. Anyone have tips for convincing a project lead to change the dig plan mid-season?

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margaret_bennett33mo ago

Read a case study where a team found something similar and framed it as a "conservation emergency" to get more funding. Might work here.

hugo_ellis3mo ago

Framing it as a "conservation emergency" feels like a stretch, @margaret_bennett3. That case study probably had way worse data, like a population crash. Our situation is bad, but calling it an emergency just for cash seems like it hurts real crises.

verab281mo ago

Wait, wasn't that case study about a species that had like 90% habitat loss already? Our numbers are bad but they're not that bad. I mean, calling everything an emergency just makes people tune out when there's a real one, you know? Like we already have trouble getting folks to care about the actual crisis stuff, crying wolf feels risky. Plus funders get smarter about these things, they'll start checking the data and if it doesn't match the hype, it hurts everyone's credibility.