There must always be an element of chance and of opportunism in an excavation, however carefully planned. But scientific digging is not on that account a gamble.


Archaeology from the Earth - Chapter V (pp. 62-63), At The Clarendon Press. 1954

Mortimer Wheeler Quotes

There must always be an element of chance and of opportunism in an excavation, however carefully planned. But scientific digging is not on that...

There must always be an element of chance and of opportunism in an excavation, however carefully planned. But scientific digging is not on that...

There must always be an element of chance and of opportunism in an excavation, however carefully planned. But scientific digging is not on that...

There must always be an element of chance and of opportunism in an excavation, however carefully planned. But scientific digging is not on that...