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Digs not published. IAN IAN Interactive Affiliate NetworkIAN i am nothingIAN Instrumentation & Automation NewsIAN Ianuarius (Latin: January)IAN Instituto Agronomico Nacional (Paraguay)IAN Incident Area Network W. DOYLE, DAVID David, in the BibleDavid,d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. JENNINGS & JACKIE MACDERMOTT with DANACHALLINOR & GEORGE LAMBRICK. Unpublished excavations in the Republicof Ireland, 1930-1997. 129 pages, 35 figures, 32 tables. 2002. Kilkenny:Heritage Council; 1901137-36-8 CISSN 1393-6808) paperback 15.50 [euro]. Unpublished excavations presents and appraises the results ofinvestigation by the Oxfordshire Archaeological Unit, from England.Digging increased hugely during the dynamic 1990s, especially in towns.The backlog of publication from 1930 to 1997 represented 43% of all 3168digs identified. 31% is about `sites of national or regionalsignificance' (p. 66). A large proportion of the digs were recentminor tests but `the backlog of larger projects is increasing at a rate... almost equal' to the grand total (p. 66). It was found that thequality of unpublished reports varies greatly; and for 23% of the digs,`no ... report of any form could be found' (p. 66). Of the reportsassessed, there are 421 that should be published, it is recommended, abacklog affecting the early Christian period and Middle Ages especially.Aspects of management in England and Scotland are compared. DOYLE et al. conclude with 17 recommendations on managing thebacklog and 10 for new practices. Closer controls are proposed for bothlicensing to dig and publication; and, NB, it is suggested that morethought is needed on whether developers should pay for publicationdirectly. The recommendations include provision for consultation. This brave document is distinguished by systematic andthoroughgoing thor��ough��go��ing?adj.1. Very thorough; complete: thoroughgoing research.2. Unmitigated; unqualified: a thoroughgoing villain. analysis. It is presented with admirable clarity andcoherence coherence,constant phase difference in two or more Waves over time. Two waves are said to be in phase if their crests and troughs meet at the same place at the same time, and the waves are out of phase if the crests of one meet the troughs of another. . For background, see too pp. 475-92, above, and, on Scotland,pp. 869-70, in the present volume of ANTIQUITY.