9th February 2012, 11:35 AM
bomberh Wrote:The average salary for a grave digger with no qualifications and no skills other than how to use a shovel is ?17,000. It's a shame Archaeology is so undervalued.
Whilst I fully applaud the work to raise archaeological salaries, it is perhaps time archaeology found a way to clarify for itself and the professional sectors with which we work, the appallingly low rates the highly qualified/experienced - and very hard-working - professionals that we represent, are paid.
Archaeological investigation for threatened heritage sites is a requirement (treaty of malta). Why do we go on behaving - and letting other stakeholders treat us - as if we are indulging a hobby?