17th February 2005, 05:43 PM
I take your points invisible man. I have calmed down now, unfortunately I read the letter after I had a 6ft 4 developer screaming in my face this morning( I gave as good as I got as I eyed him in the nipple).In my opinion it comes down to:
I cant enforce a voluntary code of practice because I have to explain the differance between good archaeological practice and bad archaeological practice to planning officers, enforcement officers, planning commitees and ultimately magistrates.The difference between a report with no context register, absurd section drawings, and matrices which are impossible is something only an archaeologist will understand.Some bad archaeologists are very convincing. Hopefully it doesnt get to that stage because as I said before I use all the powers at my disposal to cajol, persuade and sometimes intimidate to get the results we need.
I can enforce a legal licence which is administered by archaeologists, I believe it will happen and it will be good for us all.
I shall go and moan in a wine bar tonight (curators wages)and pretend that I too am something in the City.
I cant enforce a voluntary code of practice because I have to explain the differance between good archaeological practice and bad archaeological practice to planning officers, enforcement officers, planning commitees and ultimately magistrates.The difference between a report with no context register, absurd section drawings, and matrices which are impossible is something only an archaeologist will understand.Some bad archaeologists are very convincing. Hopefully it doesnt get to that stage because as I said before I use all the powers at my disposal to cajol, persuade and sometimes intimidate to get the results we need.
I can enforce a legal licence which is administered by archaeologists, I believe it will happen and it will be good for us all.
I shall go and moan in a wine bar tonight (curators wages)and pretend that I too am something in the City.