21st May 2015, 01:16 PM
Wax Wrote:So what is more important meeting the needs of the client (quick, cheap temporal contamination removal) or maintaining and improving the standard of the archaeological resource? Have been hearing a few horror stories lately and am wondering if there has been a general decline in standards. As the tales I am hearing are hear say there is no point complaining to CIFA.
I would have thought that standards are slipping. Pretty big time really.
Curatorial side taking a beating, undercutting getting even worse, staff shortages following a mass cull of experienced staff, more and more 'tied' consultancies.