17th April 2009, 02:44 PM
Peter, suggest you stop digging lest the sides fall in!!
To be clear it was you that said archaeologists were not up to recording buildings. I was at pains to point out that what matters are the skills and experience of the individuals concerned not the letters after their names whether IHBC, MIFA or indeed PhD. All are only an indication of the above and perfectly good, even exemplary work continues to be done by people with and without these initialisations.
The fact is - one day you suggest that archaeologists are now 'Historic Environment Professionals' who can work across the HE and the next you suggest that (not even some?) archaeologists cannot record buildings. I'm sure that fellow members of the IFA Buildings Archaeology Group would beg to differ. There is more to being a curator than simply ticking off whether someone is a member of this or that organisation and ruling out their involvement on that basis.
This statement completely misrepresents my previous post. But thanks for questioning my competence on this basis. Nice.
To be clear it was you that said archaeologists were not up to recording buildings. I was at pains to point out that what matters are the skills and experience of the individuals concerned not the letters after their names whether IHBC, MIFA or indeed PhD. All are only an indication of the above and perfectly good, even exemplary work continues to be done by people with and without these initialisations.
The fact is - one day you suggest that archaeologists are now 'Historic Environment Professionals' who can work across the HE and the next you suggest that (not even some?) archaeologists cannot record buildings. I'm sure that fellow members of the IFA Buildings Archaeology Group would beg to differ. There is more to being a curator than simply ticking off whether someone is a member of this or that organisation and ruling out their involvement on that basis.
Quote:quote:I am worried that a curator does not know this and thinks that any archaeologists can undertake building recording
This statement completely misrepresents my previous post. But thanks for questioning my competence on this basis. Nice.