It's common in modern Archeology to minimise site clearance unless it's rescue archeology. Ground Penetrating radar wasn't even a dream in the days of Mortimer

It's common in modern Archeology to minimise site clearance unless it's rescue archeology. Ground Penetrating radar wasn't even a dream in the days of Mortimer Wheeler and Flinders Petrie. Re-burial isn't exactly uncommon either. I think because we've had recent findings from Gobekli Tepe tell us that the story of early settlement is more complex than we thought, people are now wondering what else waits to be found at the site. In due course, future selves will know, I am content to wait for technology improvements to either identify places to dig, or to avoid digging at all.