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Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - Marc Berger - 22nd May 2015
its three oclock in the morning
hosty I humbly suggest that this is evidence of smoking weed
Quote:Another thread wanders off the track to die lonely in the undergrowth. Copyright © context inc.and so far
Are standards slipping. it is more about standards enforced and measurable standards created to match a large number of possibilities.
So cleaning a base may be useful sometimes, and not others. Cleaning the sides or a side as well may be useful... so to create a proscriptive standard is going to be difficult, because of the "ah but we will do it this way and save the client time and money" argument and so therefore with 4 ways to skin the same cat and get the same pelt...
Which standard is slipping
RitualCoconut
Digger2015
TBH
That's a Hello by the way.
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - RitualCoconut - 22nd May 2015
Marc Berger Wrote:its three oclock in the morning
hosty I humbly suggest that this is evidence of smoking weed
and so far
RitualCoconut
Digger2015
TBH
all you have come up with is facebook one liners- enjoying the anonymity of no name and that's all you have come up with. If unitof1 was here by now she would have told you a few stories of your parenting.
That's a Hello by the way.
erm.........a bit thundery?
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - Marc Berger - 22nd May 2015
Sorry I am a bit sensitive to facebookisums and I am up to my eyeballs in NPPF at the moment. Bloody nationalism. Problem with the NPPF is that it has no standards. Almost all of the heritage clauses are about the authorising authority and nothing about the structure of fieldwork.
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - P Prentice - 22nd May 2015
RitualCoconut Wrote:I take it you don't work for a consultancy?:face-huh:
i work for lots of them and i always do what they tell me to do
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - Wax - 22nd May 2015
So the answer is probably, but first you need to know what the "standards" are and have the experience to know when and how to apply them whilst doing what the boss tells you. With the knowledge that the only one it matters to is you as a "professional" and in the long run with no one checking (lack of county mounties) its all pretty pointless anyway. Get back to the good old days of machining everything out without an archaeologist within a hundred miles. lack of standards = HERITAGE CRIME :face-crying:
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - RitualCoconut - 23rd May 2015
Wax Wrote:So the answer is probably, but first you need to know what the "standards" are and have the experience to know when and how to apply them whilst doing what the boss tells you. With the knowledge that the only one it matters to is you as a "professional" and in the long run with no one checking (lack of county mounties) its all pretty pointless anyway. Get back to the good old days of machining everything out without an archaeologist within a hundred miles. lack of standards = HERITAGE CRIME :face-crying:
The lack of a control/review of one's work (with the lack of county mounties) can only lead to a fall in standards, though there has always been a 'whack it out no-one will ever know' nature to some archaeological practice.
It's the lack of this control/review together with the growth in viewing archaeology as 'site contamination' which is the killer though.
Will the system of curatorial control ever come back?
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - BAJR - 25th May 2015
A strong and consistent national level of standards that are both prescriptive and enforced with discretion (hopefully not an oxymoron) Application of these standards and a system of curatorial control is what is required
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - BAJR - 25th May 2015
by the way Digger 2015 is known to uncle BAJR
And er... As many people know. back in 2008 I resigned from the IfA - however I rejoined (part by accident) and have a very good working relationship. The job site jibe is cool as well. but sits badly with the strap line "more than just a job site" 
So er... um the revelation lacks any shock value ...
anyway - the topic please
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - Digger2015 - 25th May 2015
Hmmmm, nothing to do with involvement in an unlawful metal detecting rally in north cambridgeshire on a SAM B) strange reference to jobs site though?
Are Standards in field Archaeology Slipping - BAJR - 26th May 2015
Very. Off topic. And there was no illegal detecting rally on a Sam. There was a legal rally near a Sam with involvement from council and pas. As to being just a jobsite.. lol... Even this forum is proof it is more than that. Try to stay on topic