ethnic minority

[disheartened]

Are we talking about ethnic minorities in archaeological populations or in today's archaeological workplace? Or both? And are we restricting ourselves on the basis of colour here? And in the digging world, or outside the commercial digging world? My personal experience is that I've met at least as many non-Irish as Irish diggers, at every level from the bottom to the top. The last site I worked on had French, German, Polish, Swedes, Brits, an American cowboy, a Finn, as well as Irish. I've also worked with New Zealanders and Aussies, a couple of Canadians, Danes, Spaniards... I see a change when you try to move into non-commercial, government-type stuff. They prefer Irish degrees, which generally tends to mean they will employ an Irish person, as very few people come to Ireland to study archaeology.