Follow this link for some funny archaeology cartoons:

http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/...ogical.asp

Mr hosty - do we have the abiltiy to post pics on a post? I'm sure that we would have seen some earlier if that were the case.

For everyone who did a straight degree in archaeology or is currently doing one, how much time did you or do you have to undertake on archaeological excavations minimum as part of the course (mandatory)?

Hello All,

this morning, I received an e-mail from a recruitment company wanting to hire an archaeologist for a pipeline in Nigeria. Ethics aside, such jobs do occasionally arise. However, the company has no web presence and it all looks decidedly dodgy. They want me to send a CV, which given the amount of information it contains that would be useful to identity fraudsters, I shall not be doing. I imagine that in future we will all have to be very careful what happens to our CVs.

Given the recent use of BAJR by '419' scammers, I was wondering whether anyone else had received a similar mail.

Tom

A most therapeutic site - cover your least fave webistes in bird poop, muddy footprints, anthills - or just shoot it!

http://www.destroysites.com



You can always tell a Brummie... but you can't tell him much

. . . and a bit of a general moan . . .

I recently e-mailed Wessex Archaeology in respose to an advert for position within their fine institution.

In my e-mail i introduced myself, talked a little about my general skills and also attached a magnificent CV which had taken a vast amount of time to produce.

This, as i expected, got a responce and the person replying attached a file containing an application form.


Now here is where my problem lies,
I open the document, and to no great surprise, the application form asks for the information I HAVE ALREADY SENT in my CV?!!

I proseed to fill out the boxes with the info that they ask for, but as i get down the document the text starts to jump all around the screen.

No matter, I'll print it out and post it off, i think. But for some reason the document has left a HUGE border on the left hand side of the pages, the text corrupts near the bottom and it doesn't print off all the pages.

My point is i have sent the info they need. Why do i have to fill out their SPECIAL form with the same stuff, and if they are going to send an electronic form should they not have one that works insted of me having to arse around like this!!??

Anyone from Wessex Archaeology should be ashamed.

My application prosess has now been delayed and i might miss out on a job that i was really looking forward to getting.

Comments and disscusion if you like, but i just had to blow off some steam

I Thank You

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all okay.
Does anyone know of any good books on identification and handling/storage of archaeological finds?
Thanks,
Richard

I've been digging for a few years now and I've been down the big unit/little unit and employed/self-employed paths. I find myself wondering this- if one day all the diggers in a unit were to unite and say "we want to get paid 80 brick a day, starting next week, or we're not coming in" what would happen?

Few of the site mob invited me to the piccies to see severence last week.Got me ice cream and all sorted.The gits had got me in to watch Snakes on a plane.I kin hate tubular mingers and spent two hours hiding behind a girlies jumper.Bassas.Terrified.Any ideas how I can repay the favour?

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

I was just wondering what people's views on how acknowledgement for site work should be given. My unit is reasonably good on most things but I always think that the recognition given in the back of a report leaves much to be desired. For example: you spend 30 days on a site upon which the director has spent 1 or 2. You do lots of digging,drawing, surveying and recording etc.(despite not being officially called a supervisor or even assitant) and at the end of it you end up going down in a list of people who 'worked on site'. Particularly irksome when the illustrators (who have mostly copied the drawings which you did) get separate recognition, especially when your drawing was extra complicated and difficult. Being chucked into a 'worked on site list' is less than helpful if you want to get a better job. It doesn't affect me quite as much now but I don't beleive that it is exactly fair on everyone else.

Noticed this morning...

349 of 555 Members have made 10000 posts in 10 forums, with the last post on 08/09/2006 06:48:45 by: historic building.

Obviously I have now ruined it but 10,000 posts is a nice milestone, well done all.