pantomimes and farce:costumes and competence

[sniper]

nice to know that my job is appreciated by someone. afraid to say that there are still far too many archaeologists who see human remains as "bl**dy stiffs" who get in the way and take up too much time but will lavish hours of time and pages and pages of theorising on the pottery and small finds that those "bl**dy stiffs" made in the first place while the report on the human remains is restricted to a few pages at the back of the book and is left entirely unrelated to, and un-cross referencable with, the rest of the material. Certain people are catching on, but there is still a long way to go before human remains are seen as an integral part of project designs, interpretations and publications. While universities can still go and excavate tombs without seeing the need to consult or employ an osteologist at any stage of the project, the situation can be regarded as certainly less than OK.

++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++