18th February 2007, 07:25 PM
Keep your hair on Troll - I dont like stereo typing on grounds of age or politics or class.
In my days as a proper archaeologists I lectured to many societies archaeological, historical and metal detector. A complete range of backgrounds as one might expect in West Yorkshire and South Wales the same is also true in Oxfordshire.
I cannot think of any other "profession" where amateurs are given so much credence however.
I discussed these kind of issues in my BAJR paper.
The point I was making is that the rift between many amateurs and professionals is not neccessarily of the fault professional.
I do not see archaeology as a leisure activity and I do see why professionals should be expected to give freely of their time to facilitate people's hobbies.
Peter
In my days as a proper archaeologists I lectured to many societies archaeological, historical and metal detector. A complete range of backgrounds as one might expect in West Yorkshire and South Wales the same is also true in Oxfordshire.
I cannot think of any other "profession" where amateurs are given so much credence however.
I discussed these kind of issues in my BAJR paper.
The point I was making is that the rift between many amateurs and professionals is not neccessarily of the fault professional.
I do not see archaeology as a leisure activity and I do see why professionals should be expected to give freely of their time to facilitate people's hobbies.
Peter