Tool Wrote:So, we need to be increasing our perceived value to both the public and our paymasters. That's where our energies should focus if we want a better wage. Those in a position to do so need to be working with the developers to find ways they, the developers, can get more back from the archaeology work that just the planning consents, and of course we have to keep engaging with the public so that they consider our work to be of value too.
There, that was simple, wan't it. And all before beer o'clock.
Ah if only it was that simple, many of us have tried for years to improve the profile of archaeology but what is needed is legislation or inforcement of existing international agreements. It's a standing joke in archaeology that developers are willing to pay more to protect the newts (and other wildlife) than the archaeology. Wonder why that is? Something to do with hefty fines rather than innate value?