26th October 2011, 05:21 PM
If the IFA are not a chartered organisation and do not have properly accredited "qualifications" and are relying on peer review why should they be the organisation that sets the standard for the whole profession? Bearing in-mind that less than half of UK archaeologists are members. I am sure most curators are well aware who the cowboys are on their patch and do not need the registration to tell them who is bad and who is good.
To me it smacks of an over worked and undermanned curatorial service looking for an easy option and passing the buck on their own monitoring responsibilities rather than non registered cowboys causing problems.
To me it smacks of an over worked and undermanned curatorial service looking for an easy option and passing the buck on their own monitoring responsibilities rather than non registered cowboys causing problems.