8th September 2005, 12:08 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by deepdigger
"The average digger, at the bottom of the pile, just needs to have some common sense and the ability to hold a shovel and dig a pit section. Plus have enough brain to recognise a bit of pot, bone or flint when they see it (no need to date or identify it, just recovery), and the ability to ask the PO what to do next if they're not sure."
What kind of a statement is this?
Just who do you think you are? Mortimer Wheeler perhaps!
If you want someone to just hold a shovel and dig then thats all you deserve,I for one don't want to be subserviant to anyone, let alone tug my forelock and say" I found this bit of pot boss, don't know where it was made or when, er where do you want me to dig next"!
And we want archaeology to be inclusive of everyone!
Ha! What a joke, no wonder good people are leaving archaeology by the droves with this kind of attitude!
deep
Destroyer might have been a little blunt but I think that you over-react again. There was no mention of forelock tugging or subservience. There is usually a supervisory/management chain on any site - that was all Destroyer alluded to. That said, the concept of an archaeological co-operative organisation has some appeal [:o)]