13th April 2014, 01:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 13th April 2014, 02:19 AM by John Wells.)
Marc Berger Wrote:With all respect to SPR they don't appear to have academic institutions that have been handing out graduate degrees in radiological protection for a century or so. Archaeology has Institutes and international schools that refer back to Royal societies of the 19th century.
That is the point. The SRP was only founded in the 1960s, but it now clearly defines the professional requirements of its members, something that 'archaeology' could have done a long time ago. This excludes the archaeological sciences and sub-categories, which by comparison (and their nature), are well defined. In turn, the members of the SRP apply agreed international standards to their work, which are incorporated into national regulations, codes of practice and the law.
Institutions have been, and are, handing out degrees in 'Archaeology', but one has absolutely no idea what this 'Archaeology' is, unless you see a course transcript.
Professions dealing with money or health cannot be so ill defined. It all boils down, analogously, to whether or not you see archaeological sites as being of value and/or at risk.