Agreed N.O.S. There is a need to approach this with an open mind and common sense, but I still believe any archeological site needs to be investigated before being bulldozed. Although not affecting military archeology, I know for a fact that in some large scale sites where extraction occurs any discovery of archeology is cleared out of the way to avoid shutting down the plant and losing money. Not just human archeology but paleontology too. I think the idea being mooted of allowing an archeological appraisal of a site after foundations have been dug as a bit of a token gesture.
I would like to see what happens with the discussion on this. No doubt the EDP will report on it. Perhaps the archeologists have had to much power in the past, but it would be a shame to see the balance swing too far the other way.