Professional Organisations in Archaeology

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by the invisible man

Hosty said "The question keeps returning... who to complain to who is truely independent of any group? Simplify the system, not complicate it."

Of course it depends what you are complaining about - and indeed what your relationship to the various parties is. Most 'complaints' are, I suspect, contractual in nature and it is for the Consultant and/or the Curator to respond as appropriate.

And also what if the complaint is about a curator?

Plus, not all curators are ALGAO members, only the senior staff member in each place, and therefore (and this is not a critisism, just an observation) less likely to be 'at the coal face' in some areas of the country.

And also, some development control (DC) 'archaeologists' aren't archaeologists at all, they're planners. And they've been appointed by people (in many cases) who aren't archaeologists either.

I'll stop again now, 1man put it much better than i will. I'll go and lie down and take the frog pills.......

[:o)]