17th April 2006, 07:20 PM
You make it sound as if archaeology beyond the mere extraction/surveying/recording (in other words practical) side of things is a voluntary past-time - as long as that ditch is 5 percented and recorded we need not bother thinking about anything else - unless we've got a degree of course!
Surely one informs the other in a spiral of reflexive practise (wooooo, how pretty!). But seriously, maybe thats the difference between a good digger and a not quite so good digger - one of them gives a ****.
My point is, surely a good field archaeologist has to consider both in an informed and at least partially (innescapable) interpretive package (not to say that all do, of course, (and now teaching, eggs, grandmother sucking etc comes to mind - sorry))....or am I just being idealistic/naive?
And if that's the case, a two tier system is wholly un-acceptable. However, is it not more likely that in fact it shows that degrees are an inessential qualification in terms of how they equip a graduate digger for commercial digging (something thats been noted time and time again, and proven by the people in archaeology wothout them etc etc etc).
I think.....and i'm not wholly sure, but I think....I've just argued against a bottom tier under those circumstances being archaeologist - although that's not a very good way of putting it. Anyway, sorry if thats a load of drivell!
Gizza job!!!!! ....please!!!!!
Surely one informs the other in a spiral of reflexive practise (wooooo, how pretty!). But seriously, maybe thats the difference between a good digger and a not quite so good digger - one of them gives a ****.
My point is, surely a good field archaeologist has to consider both in an informed and at least partially (innescapable) interpretive package (not to say that all do, of course, (and now teaching, eggs, grandmother sucking etc comes to mind - sorry))....or am I just being idealistic/naive?
And if that's the case, a two tier system is wholly un-acceptable. However, is it not more likely that in fact it shows that degrees are an inessential qualification in terms of how they equip a graduate digger for commercial digging (something thats been noted time and time again, and proven by the people in archaeology wothout them etc etc etc).
I think.....and i'm not wholly sure, but I think....I've just argued against a bottom tier under those circumstances being archaeologist - although that's not a very good way of putting it. Anyway, sorry if thats a load of drivell!
Gizza job!!!!! ....please!!!!!