9th February 2005, 01:57 PM
[8D] back from Safari!!
Alfie (et al) ..... I agree... licencing is the only way forward... when anyone who watched Temple of Doom a couple of times can claim to be an archaeologist and there is no safeguard to stop them then we will forever have a problem. I would have been happy to see the IFA take on this issue.. where the person in charge of an excavation/investigation had to be licenced ... and this licence would have a list of all the work carried out and the standard carried out to.. etc etc like the Irish System. A curator/academic/peer review system could operate to allow a licence to be approved and a central body kept the current details of all licenced archaeolgoists... No licence ... no digging!
I also agree with Digger about the changes that this system presents.. from better wages to better arcaheology... if there is something to lose then the quality goes up. As the Irish System is not perfect... what would make it perfect? we have a chance to build upon the irish system and create something which benifits all but the muppet class of manager.
Nice to be back [:p]
Alfie (et al) ..... I agree... licencing is the only way forward... when anyone who watched Temple of Doom a couple of times can claim to be an archaeologist and there is no safeguard to stop them then we will forever have a problem. I would have been happy to see the IFA take on this issue.. where the person in charge of an excavation/investigation had to be licenced ... and this licence would have a list of all the work carried out and the standard carried out to.. etc etc like the Irish System. A curator/academic/peer review system could operate to allow a licence to be approved and a central body kept the current details of all licenced archaeolgoists... No licence ... no digging!
I also agree with Digger about the changes that this system presents.. from better wages to better arcaheology... if there is something to lose then the quality goes up. As the Irish System is not perfect... what would make it perfect? we have a chance to build upon the irish system and create something which benifits all but the muppet class of manager.
Nice to be back [:p]