20th September 2012, 09:12 AM
Dinosaur Wrote:A large part of the problem in British archaeology seems to be the sheer number of tiers of archaeologists, all adding on their percentage. On a recent scheme we (a consultancy/fieldwork outfit, we're regularly the consultant on similar jobs) were working to an 'archaeological clerk of works' employed by the main contractor, who was working to an environmental consultancy who, in archaeological terms, were working to an archaeological consultant...errr....might have been a lot simpler, cheaper and the job would have gone a h*** of a lot more smoothly (and the archaeology done a lot better) if maybe only one tier of archaeologists had been involved...and the cost savings could maybe have been passed on by, say, doubling the workforce's wages.... :face-thinks:
I don't disagree. I know it could sound as if we are archaeological Malthusians, but limiting the sheer number of archaeologists or folk claiming a share of the archaeological loaf anyway, would improve rations all round.... Someone should write a dissertation on why archaeology and the archaeological profession is the perfect examplar for every form of economic theory or practice!!
Expect now a whole load of BAJRites to query why I might be wishing them out of work.....
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