19th April 2005, 12:15 AM
Sniper/Vulpes- Understood.Does`nt this all piss you off? I get the feeling that "the way things are" is acceptable? My point is two-fold; first, the IFA do not have the right to determine the minimum wage for an archaeologist and anyway, based on their figures, our average wage is around ?20K so no need to heed the reccommendations of APPAG and two; a high "profile" is not the same as "value". Our high profile is the result of nothing more than entertainment archaeology-is that all archaeology has to offer? Recreating entire cultures from the tiniest pot sherds and providing employment for spoilt (and failed) comedians?