5th December 2005, 03:13 PM
Hi 1man,
Sorry, I have got to get back to work so can't give your point the attention it deserves. But I suppose my key question would be do curators have sufficient resources/power at present to solve the problems afflicting archaeology (to say, e.g, 'you can't use that archaeological contractor because they pay their staff too little')? Even given greater power, they will still be battling against the tendency of the market to drive down wages and conditions and quality.
Sorry, I have got to get back to work so can't give your point the attention it deserves. But I suppose my key question would be do curators have sufficient resources/power at present to solve the problems afflicting archaeology (to say, e.g, 'you can't use that archaeological contractor because they pay their staff too little')? Even given greater power, they will still be battling against the tendency of the market to drive down wages and conditions and quality.