9th December 2005, 05:45 PM
Do I sense a Euro BAJR in the offing?? I am preparing a massive BAJR campaign in May (how socialist of me 
) with card leaflets, A3 Posters etc and the launch of BAJR 2.0 web... WIth this comes an opportunity to raise awareness and support our fellow archaeologists in Europe. This shocking incident reported in the April Digger
ARCHAEOLOGIST KILLED IN TRENCH COLLAPSE
Archaeologists around the world were shocked to hear about the death of Austrian Marcus Koller, 30. He was killed last month when the 2.5m deep unshored trench he was working in collapsed. Despite being injured themselves, two women colleagues - one of whom was his fiancee - were able to dig him out but he had suffocated. They were working on a Roman farm site for Salzburg museum.
and now the followup where practices have not changed and H&S is still regarded as secondary. There is much work to be done. Lets consolidate and both seek ties with Euro and American Groups as well as support change within the European Archaeology Field.
For example an archaeologist in Italy earns around 5-600 euros a month !! (about 400 quid) Archaeology has traditionally received little government funding in Italy despite a plethora of ancient sites. The Italian Culture Minister Valter Veltroni, made the announcement that foreign archaeological schools will be invited to take part in digs. robbers continue to loot ancient Italian tombs and insufficient attention has been paid to conserving existing sites.
So yes we are lucky... but only by making our own luck!
Another day another WSI?
) with card leaflets, A3 Posters etc and the launch of BAJR 2.0 web... WIth this comes an opportunity to raise awareness and support our fellow archaeologists in Europe. This shocking incident reported in the April Digger ARCHAEOLOGIST KILLED IN TRENCH COLLAPSE
Archaeologists around the world were shocked to hear about the death of Austrian Marcus Koller, 30. He was killed last month when the 2.5m deep unshored trench he was working in collapsed. Despite being injured themselves, two women colleagues - one of whom was his fiancee - were able to dig him out but he had suffocated. They were working on a Roman farm site for Salzburg museum.
and now the followup where practices have not changed and H&S is still regarded as secondary. There is much work to be done. Lets consolidate and both seek ties with Euro and American Groups as well as support change within the European Archaeology Field.
For example an archaeologist in Italy earns around 5-600 euros a month !! (about 400 quid) Archaeology has traditionally received little government funding in Italy despite a plethora of ancient sites. The Italian Culture Minister Valter Veltroni, made the announcement that foreign archaeological schools will be invited to take part in digs. robbers continue to loot ancient Italian tombs and insufficient attention has been paid to conserving existing sites.
So yes we are lucky... but only by making our own luck!
Another day another WSI?