6th July 2009, 09:53 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR Host
Two things to bring up here:
Quote:quote:Yes to community involvement, and yes to professional involvement - but in both cases only when and where appropriate. And only with everyone understanding what they can and can't do!
That is where I agree entirely.. (however I have also seen reports and records of similar crappy quality in commercial land too...)
@Red Earth.. Ah yes, the community or training dig of dubious quality too... I currently have my eye on a couple... and I weep with frustration... As was said at the Student Conference in London... Anyone can call themselves an arhcaeologist.. anyone cn set up a dig... and even call themselves a director... I looked at some in the UK for example, and Directors and Supervisors even the Finds Officers.. (all grand titles - but, only a few university digs worth of experience behind them.. and non publications ..) yipes...
Could they be stopped? Should they be? Who would stop them? regulation? I also have sitting on my desk a report from the Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society... very well done, very respected, and reports often grow into full publications.. a reputation that should eb supported.
I could indeed put up a list of Volunteer Projects in the UK... I wonder how many would pass the requirements in IfA Guidance? And if not, then whose responsibility is it to bring them up?
<hr>Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi
I think you have hit that particularly large nail on the head.
As for listings of volunteer opportunities, not naming any names but as far as I can tell even the largest and most reputable suppliers of such information do not check the standard of the projects advertised. How could they?
There is clearly a space to be filled providing suitable experience for those wanting to get into commercial archaeology, but I'm not sure if anyone is currently filling it.