3rd January 2006, 01:48 PM
Aha, yes. Points 1 and 2 - quite, "value" here being monetary value.
3 and particularly 4, I guess this phenomenom is not peculiar to archaeology. It seems a strange quirk of nature that the better someone is at what they do, the quicker they are promoted out of it! To some extent this was recognised with teaching, I believe, where instead of promoting the best teachers to headships and whatnot, a scheme was introduced to reward experienced teachers for staying at the coalface (well, blackboard, or interactive board, whatever!)
I suppose the ideal might be to have a recognised, well-rewarded, experienced, capable supervisor level, to work with and pass on the benefit of their knowledge to the newer people "under" them, instead of letting them drift away - but a decent proportion of say 1 to 6? Keep an eye on the archaeology too.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
3 and particularly 4, I guess this phenomenom is not peculiar to archaeology. It seems a strange quirk of nature that the better someone is at what they do, the quicker they are promoted out of it! To some extent this was recognised with teaching, I believe, where instead of promoting the best teachers to headships and whatnot, a scheme was introduced to reward experienced teachers for staying at the coalface (well, blackboard, or interactive board, whatever!)
I suppose the ideal might be to have a recognised, well-rewarded, experienced, capable supervisor level, to work with and pass on the benefit of their knowledge to the newer people "under" them, instead of letting them drift away - but a decent proportion of say 1 to 6? Keep an eye on the archaeology too.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.