27th February 2014, 02:11 PM
P Prentice Wrote:this comment has puzzled me and i must say my immediate reaction was that academic ability is part and parcel to being a good archaeologist. elitism here sounds like a dirty word but it is no different to graduates being paid more or holding better positions than non-graduates - one of the fundamental reasons for going to uni after all. elitism in this sense is exactly what chartered status would confer and if gaining means giving up some free time - welll you make that choice just as in any other profession.
Reasonably clear that academic ability does not make a good field archaeologist... and visa versa
I dig therefore I am
I have no academic credentials, I just do both