17th April 2006, 01:05 PM
Troll now we talking.
In this day and age the time limits should be imposed by the tendering process and thus by archaeological contracts manager so the notion that "time restraints are set by competent field archaeologists who do in fact, have the slightest idea of what they are talking about" ought to be a given.
If the standard of tools is so bad I think I will start specifying that good and appropriate tools should be used. I think what I am exploring is how in the current situation people could be paid more and still be competative.
yes the way we work would have to change but if that results in better pay and conditions surely that would be no bad thing.
Peter Wardle
In this day and age the time limits should be imposed by the tendering process and thus by archaeological contracts manager so the notion that "time restraints are set by competent field archaeologists who do in fact, have the slightest idea of what they are talking about" ought to be a given.
If the standard of tools is so bad I think I will start specifying that good and appropriate tools should be used. I think what I am exploring is how in the current situation people could be paid more and still be competative.
yes the way we work would have to change but if that results in better pay and conditions surely that would be no bad thing.
Peter Wardle