19th February 2009, 05:00 PM
Not an assertion but an observation !!.....Both of these situations regularly occur.........apparently with the latter causing no damage to the employer's reputation.....Volunteering is the only way for newcomers to gain necessary fieldwork experience and the IFA standards should be applied by all.....but in the reality of commercial digging there is and probably always will be unscrupulous operators who will use volunteers instead of paid archaeologists.