20th April 2005, 02:46 PM
hmm hmm hmm. well, at least some people are starting to talk about doing something about the conditions we are stuck with, so congrats and thank you.
Value of an individual archaeologist, that's a tricky one though. i've been working in archeology for over 3 years now, i've been a field archaeologist and an office-based one, worked on research and commercial projects, managed a post-ex department, numbered thousands and thousands and thousands of finds, digitised plan after plan, written reports, sat in countless soggy holes, set up site grids, presented my research at European level, and so on and so forth. Varied experience i think anyone would agree. so how does that relate to somebody else who has just spent 3 years digging medieval and post-medieval archaeology? And i don't mean "just" as a derogatory term but once you get to a certain level of digging ability it's tough to move up and learn anything new, whereas I've been lucky enough to move out and do lots of different things. I'm now being paid at a Level 5 rate (lucky me!) but i give myself a personal rating of a level 4...
Value of an individual archaeologist, that's a tricky one though. i've been working in archeology for over 3 years now, i've been a field archaeologist and an office-based one, worked on research and commercial projects, managed a post-ex department, numbered thousands and thousands and thousands of finds, digitised plan after plan, written reports, sat in countless soggy holes, set up site grids, presented my research at European level, and so on and so forth. Varied experience i think anyone would agree. so how does that relate to somebody else who has just spent 3 years digging medieval and post-medieval archaeology? And i don't mean "just" as a derogatory term but once you get to a certain level of digging ability it's tough to move up and learn anything new, whereas I've been lucky enough to move out and do lots of different things. I'm now being paid at a Level 5 rate (lucky me!) but i give myself a personal rating of a level 4...