31st August 2008, 02:09 PM
Trowelmonkey,you've hit the nail on the head when you say about artificial divides-the fences between archaeologists amd MDers are superficial and should not exist,and all it achieves is to stop both sides talking and working together.I would not be surprised if the majority of the problems were wholly down to archaeologists with a holier than thou attitude towards MDers.
I don't think i've told this particular story before but here goes (with compliance of the AUP)..during the machine watching of an excavation a local MD chap phoned the office of the company doing the job and offered his services to go over the spoil heap prior to excavation and work along side the Sup watching the machine.The boss said yes,turn up on site and speak to the chap there.This he did and was told that he should have asked his (the Sup) permission to do the scanning as he was the one out in the field and it was his project.So a second permission was asked for and the Sup said no-get off my site I cant stand MDers.When the gent came back and worked as a volunteer digger on the excav he told me what had happened and he was
to say the least about the arrogant way he had been treated by an archaeologist.
As for talking to MDers being frowned upon,that comes under freedom of speech and i'll be damned first before I take notice of anyone who tries to tell me who I can speak to and about what.:face-confused:
I don't think i've told this particular story before but here goes (with compliance of the AUP)..during the machine watching of an excavation a local MD chap phoned the office of the company doing the job and offered his services to go over the spoil heap prior to excavation and work along side the Sup watching the machine.The boss said yes,turn up on site and speak to the chap there.This he did and was told that he should have asked his (the Sup) permission to do the scanning as he was the one out in the field and it was his project.So a second permission was asked for and the Sup said no-get off my site I cant stand MDers.When the gent came back and worked as a volunteer digger on the excav he told me what had happened and he was
to say the least about the arrogant way he had been treated by an archaeologist.As for talking to MDers being frowned upon,that comes under freedom of speech and i'll be damned first before I take notice of anyone who tries to tell me who I can speak to and about what.:face-confused: