28th April 2005, 07:19 PM
There are of course those who choose not to supervise for a number of good reasons. Not least of which is the concept that archaeology should not be operating within a commercial environment in the first place and many choose not to formalise their involvement beyond doing their jobs. For my part, I`m not willing to supervise within a commercial environment unless I have written the project design, the method statement and the risk assessment myself. Been too many occasions where I have had to wade through the problems caused by incompetent muppets that are seen as somehow-higher up the food chain.My point is a simple one-a field archaeologist is exactly that.A specialist in their own right. 
As for boss man who thinks "if not a supervisor by now then something wrong with him/her" quite frankly-f*ck him in the ear. He should be cleaning toilets.
As for boss man who thinks "if not a supervisor by now then something wrong with him/her" quite frankly-f*ck him in the ear. He should be cleaning toilets.