29th March 2010, 04:39 PM
Well said amiable...
Furthermore, I would add that to get to the heady-heights of HERdom, the vast majority of HER staff had 'previous' - ie they did the digging rounds well before moving up and getting the cushy indoor job. Its not all about knowing how to move a mouse around, making tea and producing pretty pictures... you have to actually know someting about archaeology. In fact, I'd go as far to say that, for many, the archaeology came first, then (like me) they learnt a bit about records, databases and GIS.
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Furthermore, I would add that to get to the heady-heights of HERdom, the vast majority of HER staff had 'previous' - ie they did the digging rounds well before moving up and getting the cushy indoor job. Its not all about knowing how to move a mouse around, making tea and producing pretty pictures... you have to actually know someting about archaeology. In fact, I'd go as far to say that, for many, the archaeology came first, then (like me) they learnt a bit about records, databases and GIS.
Proud to be a Morlock