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Serious question, has anyone else had a supervisor critique their excavation speed?
My field director in Jordan last season said I was moving too fast and potentially missing subtle soil changes. I slowed down by half and found a small ceramic bead the next day that I would have swept past. How do you balance thoroughness with project timelines?
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max_cooper2123d ago
Was it just a bead, or something more? I've seen people blast through a layer and miss a coin that was sitting right there, edge-on in the dirt. The timeline pressure is real, but rushing creates its own delays when you have to go back and re-check your work. It's like your director said, sometimes going slow is actually the fastest way to finish properly.
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davis.olivia23d ago
But how much does one bead really change the overall site story? I get not wanting to rush, but some projects have tight schedules and budgets. Is finding every single tiny artifact worth falling behind and maybe losing funding for next season? Sometimes you have to make a call on what's important.
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