21st November 2008, 02:28 PM
"An archaeologist is any person who actively contributes to the practice of archaeology"
this is part of the trouble.. and definition...
So as my mother actively supported me, provided office space.. carried out various tasks such as collating data, etc.. did that make her an archaeologist?
Does that make every metal detectorist who is involed in archaeological excavation 'an archaeologist' - but then not an archaeologist when they are not working on a site? Can you become one by just being on a site?.. and then magically stop being one when you leave the trench/survey area/lab? more to this than meets the brain!
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
this is part of the trouble.. and definition...
So as my mother actively supported me, provided office space.. carried out various tasks such as collating data, etc.. did that make her an archaeologist?
Does that make every metal detectorist who is involed in archaeological excavation 'an archaeologist' - but then not an archaeologist when they are not working on a site? Can you become one by just being on a site?.. and then magically stop being one when you leave the trench/survey area/lab? more to this than meets the brain!
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers