20th April 2009, 11:22 PM
My wife has senior job in a county council and she would get a bollocking off human resources for specifying any such thing in a job advert. When she employs archaeologists she has to make a written case to even include a degree in archaeology or related discipline would be preferred. I would make a formal complaint to the council- they will probably write you a fobbing off letter while the lawyers roast the curator involved over a slow fire They are acting illegally and you have grounds to sue - but i wouldn't unless you very rich. As has been pointed out legislation of the last 20 years has been to open up the job market with the exceptions of the professions proper- medicine and law etc and anyone who thinks archaeology will ever be included in that cartel is simply ignorant of the real world.