24th July 2008, 03:00 AM
Maybe Chert (microcrystalline- no different to flint) whats going on is that although there are fewer applications coming in, the curators are still pumping out the same number of hits per week, so that they don?t get sacked- but that as the bigger jobs die away the competition dies off and a bonanza appears for those who are priced just right as the inefficient part of the unfair competition pulls its socks up (those looking for an archaeologist, rather than a consultant, who can cut through the bull). I am going on holiday and turning the phone off having had two extra jobs this week that I did not need (nor archaeology -well I found a pressed brick)