26th November 2007, 10:55 AM
Don't feel you are missing out. University excavations run so slowly because nobody has any real experience at all. Often there are experienced supervisors, but they are rightly more concerned with getting the paperwork right, rather than encouraging people to go faster. it is also common to have too many students, so rather than giving everyone a feature to sort out, you can end up endlessly retrowelling an area. There are usually also a sizable amount of people who don't want to be there. Uni excavations are extremely variable, and some are very well run. mates of mine have gone on some as working holidays on uni digs: they can pay well, and the craic is good.
but this is somewhat off thread.
My impression of government policy is that it wants millions of new homes, and is prepared to relax planning regulations to get them. Developers are making lots of money at the moment, and if they can build on the green belt, archaeologists will be in work for the forseeable future.
but this is somewhat off thread.
My impression of government policy is that it wants millions of new homes, and is prepared to relax planning regulations to get them. Developers are making lots of money at the moment, and if they can build on the green belt, archaeologists will be in work for the forseeable future.