18th November 2005, 12:50 AM
Superb! Evening everyone-this looks like its developing into a really interesting thread!1man1desk, Roy, accept and agree on most points.I must point out however that yes-there are some ego-inflated types on site but, overall, aforementioned sense of humour failures can be the norm for most "sane" and largely stable fieldies anyway! Tiz the job you know
I think it`s interesting that we still feel the need to apply certain clothing to certain contexts.That`s not really my point here-it is on another thread however.My main point here is that the general misconceptions (some would say dillusional behaviour) of the main players clouds the potential of a coherent and integrated approach required. Not only that, it is also high time that field archaeologists are seen as specialists in their own field and not (as seems to be common)-the immature and ignorant labourers who do the sticky thing on the very end of a long process innitiated and orchestrated by the real(grown-up)professionals upstairs.
I think it`s interesting that we still feel the need to apply certain clothing to certain contexts.That`s not really my point here-it is on another thread however.My main point here is that the general misconceptions (some would say dillusional behaviour) of the main players clouds the potential of a coherent and integrated approach required.
Not only that, it is also high time that field archaeologists are seen as specialists in their own field and not (as seems to be common)-the immature and ignorant labourers who do the sticky thing on the very end of a long process innitiated and orchestrated by the real(grown-up)professionals upstairs.