18th March 2011, 07:04 PM
To paraphrase Benjamin Britten (when he was asked to justify the role of composers): an archaeologists job is to be useful - and to the living.
Rather than search the nether reaches of the collective bum crack, ask yourselves the question: what do you do as an archaeologist on a daily basis that is useful to the living?
That's not rhetorical, I am genuinely interested, but like beat the gong, I think we've really got to get used to arguing our pitch succinctly.
These long rambling posts are making me switch off - and I'm on side!
Rather than search the nether reaches of the collective bum crack, ask yourselves the question: what do you do as an archaeologist on a daily basis that is useful to the living?
That's not rhetorical, I am genuinely interested, but like beat the gong, I think we've really got to get used to arguing our pitch succinctly.
These long rambling posts are making me switch off - and I'm on side!