18th April 2011, 02:13 PM
In deed I am well aware that in reality as long as all the various insurances risk assesments etc are in place there is nothing to stop an amatuer group undertaking work to a professional standard. My point was, and I did not make it particularly clear, is that your average amatuer group would not want to be bothered with all this including the major responsibilities they would have to take on. Any group that did I would class as professional whether they were amatuers or not.
I am all for public participation and it is the way forward but not at the expense of the archaeological profession or of the archaeological resource. A balance needs to be attained that takes the needs of all in to account and the Southport Group need to allay the fears of the professionals or come clean and admit it might be the only way archaeology in this country is going to survive which I suspect is the truth of the matter.
I am all for public participation and it is the way forward but not at the expense of the archaeological profession or of the archaeological resource. A balance needs to be attained that takes the needs of all in to account and the Southport Group need to allay the fears of the professionals or come clean and admit it might be the only way archaeology in this country is going to survive which I suspect is the truth of the matter.