10th February 2008, 02:00 PM
That's interesting Peter, so what you would say is that could be seen as both anti competitive AND against EU directives - (could even be seen as slightly racist... suggesting that archaeologists carrying out an activity to which they are highly skilled... such as survey ... should stay in their own country)
This could be taken to mean that any activity that did not need an in depth knowledge of a area can only be undertaken by 'local' contractors and staff... no Polish archaeologists for example? Local knowledge is a useful skill, but would not preclude an archaeologist that had the requisite skills to carry out the task.
Using the example of fieldwalking for example.. does local knowledge in any way mean that a field in Scotland is any different from a field in south England? More worrying, would this mean that pipeline or road jobs should only be run, directed and staffed with people from the immediate vicinity..?
hmmmmm
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
This could be taken to mean that any activity that did not need an in depth knowledge of a area can only be undertaken by 'local' contractors and staff... no Polish archaeologists for example? Local knowledge is a useful skill, but would not preclude an archaeologist that had the requisite skills to carry out the task.
Using the example of fieldwalking for example.. does local knowledge in any way mean that a field in Scotland is any different from a field in south England? More worrying, would this mean that pipeline or road jobs should only be run, directed and staffed with people from the immediate vicinity..?
hmmmmm
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu