17th April 2011, 12:23 PM
Picking up Wax's point. Being a beginner, I've only seen a couple of commercial contracts. However, they've both included a clause that only experienced professional archaeologists would be permitted to work on the specified project and that there would be no volunteer/amateur/trainee involvement.
I'm sure there are projects where there's more opportunity for widening involvement, but I can't see a time-bound commercial project having leeway for a non-professional/unpaid workforce which may/may not decide to turn up on any given day.
I wonder if this is setting the scene for MSC 2.0, now we have all these pesky unemployed (..er... archaeologists) loafing around watching Jeremy Kyle and making the country look untidy? Allegedly? That type of project might be an ideal vehicle for what the Southporters are proposing. They might even need some professional archaeologists to run them.
I'm sure there are projects where there's more opportunity for widening involvement, but I can't see a time-bound commercial project having leeway for a non-professional/unpaid workforce which may/may not decide to turn up on any given day.
I wonder if this is setting the scene for MSC 2.0, now we have all these pesky unemployed (..er... archaeologists) loafing around watching Jeremy Kyle and making the country look untidy? Allegedly? That type of project might be an ideal vehicle for what the Southporters are proposing. They might even need some professional archaeologists to run them.