16th November 2005, 06:52 PM
Guys-calm down!Was meant to be tongue in cheek.If we really do feel the need to warm up on this one-here goes....
Please don`t make the mistake of assuming that all field archs are pig ignorant diggers. Please also don`t assume that they have always been in that job.Plenty of us have come from "grown-up" jobs in archaeology and found the desperately pitiful office politics/pantomime way too much to bear. My outburst was related to yet another scenario where the tiny fragile emotional make-up of suited types overides the clear need to consult a site specialist. It`s not always non-archs who behave in this manner.For people who work as professional archaeologists-I`m constantly bemused/amused by just how little some know about people/behaviour and even themselves. Seeing as I`m on a roll here.....I have seen too many examples of bad practise where individuals ego is put before the archaeology. Again and again.So Roy-thank you for your response-have`nt heard from you in a while and it`s good to hear from you but,my "attitude" as you call it is my business.I`m not so shallow as to make judgements on appearences-thats the role of bad consultancies when writing method statements. And it`s "child-like"-not "ish".
Please don`t make the mistake of assuming that all field archs are pig ignorant diggers. Please also don`t assume that they have always been in that job.Plenty of us have come from "grown-up" jobs in archaeology and found the desperately pitiful office politics/pantomime way too much to bear. My outburst was related to yet another scenario where the tiny fragile emotional make-up of suited types overides the clear need to consult a site specialist. It`s not always non-archs who behave in this manner.For people who work as professional archaeologists-I`m constantly bemused/amused by just how little some know about people/behaviour and even themselves. Seeing as I`m on a roll here.....I have seen too many examples of bad practise where individuals ego is put before the archaeology. Again and again.So Roy-thank you for your response-have`nt heard from you in a while and it`s good to hear from you but,my "attitude" as you call it is my business.I`m not so shallow as to make judgements on appearences-thats the role of bad consultancies when writing method statements. And it`s "child-like"-not "ish".