7th June 2010, 08:42 PM
'I say in general becuase there are time when women are often put to finds or worse seen as not able to shift the dirt.. '
That also works against men as i ve been on site where only women are offered the on site office jobs, meaning everyone still out on site doesn't get the oppertunity to get there foot in the door and get to know the office staff
I quite like finds and have paid for myself to go on pottery courses but haven't been allowed to have the oppertunity, as i've been told by men and women managers that they want me on site, i've found that it usually the slower diggers male or female that get put indoors .
It more an issue of how the finds/enviro jobs are seen, and the time limits put on the archaeologist to get off site
That also works against men as i ve been on site where only women are offered the on site office jobs, meaning everyone still out on site doesn't get the oppertunity to get there foot in the door and get to know the office staff
I quite like finds and have paid for myself to go on pottery courses but haven't been allowed to have the oppertunity, as i've been told by men and women managers that they want me on site, i've found that it usually the slower diggers male or female that get put indoors .
It more an issue of how the finds/enviro jobs are seen, and the time limits put on the archaeologist to get off site
Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.