16th October 2013, 11:34 AM
Tool Wrote:Why? What is wrong with the concept that commercial archaeology is just that - commercial. Someone is paying money (that they don't want to spend) on us doing a job. So, do it right, do it quickly, do it well, and if something goes wrong put it right. And if you can't put it right, have the gonads to say so. Just like any other business. If you think Jack's view of commercial archaeology is harsh, try, well, virtually any other industry.right and wrong have no place in commercial archaeology any more than in academic archaeology. it is a conceit of capitalist propaganda and should be rejected by all students of archaeology. i think what you are referring to is an accepted orthodoxy that has very little to do with study and everything to do with expediency
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers