9th May 2014, 07:05 AM
No, the self-employed archaeologist does not necessarily own the archaeological record at the point of creation. Like in any industry, the self-employed archaeologist may be working under a contract to generate a product for the client/contracting company. For example, as a self-employed programmer I work under contract to produce software, but the resulting code and software do not belong to me (and I definitely don't hold any copyright) unless the contract specifically contains that clause.