26th May 2005, 06:11 PM
Running dog consultant here.
If my comments are are ludicrously developer orientated it is because that is what PPG 16 and the planning system says. I think the comments about curators are uncalled for.
It should be totally unneccessary to check that records are being compiled correctly by a bona fide archaeological organisation. If it is neccessary then we have in fact a very sorry state of affairs in British Archaeology.
Curators are not being pompous when they require work - that is there job. As for them not being involved in a project what an arrogant statement to say that curators (and consultants for that matter) do contribute to a project. Clearly what we do is not understood by many (cross over to the thread about how much info a diggers needs to know).
I may disagree with curators other some matters but to a person they are hard working and dedicated to their jobs. They are not paid very well either.
If my comments are are ludicrously developer orientated it is because that is what PPG 16 and the planning system says. I think the comments about curators are uncalled for.
It should be totally unneccessary to check that records are being compiled correctly by a bona fide archaeological organisation. If it is neccessary then we have in fact a very sorry state of affairs in British Archaeology.
Curators are not being pompous when they require work - that is there job. As for them not being involved in a project what an arrogant statement to say that curators (and consultants for that matter) do contribute to a project. Clearly what we do is not understood by many (cross over to the thread about how much info a diggers needs to know).
I may disagree with curators other some matters but to a person they are hard working and dedicated to their jobs. They are not paid very well either.