9th November 2013, 03:38 PM
Tool Wrote:... The IfA may have 3000 voices, but to my knowledge that does not include most of those who are out there day in and day out getting cold, wet and covered in mud actually producing the data that those in their nice cozy studies can sift over and produce their lucrative theories.
actually listen to what is going on out there or become a dictatorial irrelevance.
when i said research i was of course referring to the product of our labours, the report on the work that attempts to explain the implications of what was found. it is research if done correctly. it is what archaeologists do - or at least contribute to and be recognised for that contribution. and you may well say that producing some of the data is as important - i would not disagree, but i dont think the majority of diggers at the start of their career, dreamed they would still be digging at the end - particularly those that hope to remain til retirement. most people who start drop out because they dont get enough back considering what they have to put in. this is not acceptable and should not be tolerated. but it is and it is our own fault. many in positions like mine spent 10 or 20+ years digging and know exactly what it is like - we are not another species and we worked hard to get where we wanted to be to do the work that we want to do.
your second point is decidedly ukip
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers