16th August 2010, 05:06 PM
Tends to go with age, lots of non-graduates in their 40s and 50s, relatively less as the age group gets younger, profession has been undergoing a change from a largely non-graduate (or at least not archaeology graduate) to graduate-based workforce over the last 30 or so years, reflected to some extent in people's qualifications. In the late 70s and early 80s many university archaeology departments were largely staffed by people with degrees in other subjects (Classics, History etc.), when I started Uni in 1980 I think I'm right in saying only 1 member of the teaching staff in my department actually held an archaeology degree, not even the Prof!