16th January 2008, 02:15 PM
That about the long and short of it. Volunteers are far from free and yet it can be done. But surely the more we encourage volunteers the more we are returning to the notion of archaeologists not being paid.
Equally I dont buy it to everybody has to start somewhere crap. If you want to work in the construction industry you get a job, an apprenticeship or go to university. When I got my first job in construction I earn a basic of UKP25 which could buy me 200 pints per week compared to the 96 pints that a diggers wage will buy.
Why is archaeology different?
Peter
Equally I dont buy it to everybody has to start somewhere crap. If you want to work in the construction industry you get a job, an apprenticeship or go to university. When I got my first job in construction I earn a basic of UKP25 which could buy me 200 pints per week compared to the 96 pints that a diggers wage will buy.
Why is archaeology different?
Peter