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19th August 2011, 01:10 PM
Just out of interest, and because no one ever asked me when I was a digger, and a bit of fun........
What is the one most important thing you want on your next dig (try and be honest).
Primarily targeted on diggers, but applies to all really.
Then rank the options in order of importance in a message.
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19th August 2011, 01:43 PM
AS I still do.. I want to answer as well (I also still class myself as a Digger)
1. Good Archaeology
2. Good team
3. Good pay
4. Good director/PO/Super
5. respect
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19th August 2011, 02:10 PM
Ooo, you jumped in before I finished! Think I covered all the main aspects
For me its...
1. Juicy archaeology
2. To discover something new
3. To do a decent Job
4. Decent wage
5. To have fun
6. Decent accommodation
7. Learn new skills
8. Nice place
9. Eye candy
10. Social life
But then I'm unsociable and earn enough to eat.
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19th August 2011, 02:15 PM
you see... I got over excited!
About time we saw some real time stats on what people want again.
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19th August 2011, 02:55 PM
Now I'm as bi-curious as the next person, but Eye candy (boys and girls) is a bit much to ask.
To be honest I would like to see several of those things, all rated most important.
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19th August 2011, 03:01 PM
that's eye candy for both girls and boys I mean!
Please share your several things red earth. Its all in the name of fun....or maybe improvements for the future
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19th August 2011, 03:06 PM
All of these equal No. 1:
Decent money (wage, overtime rate, travel expenses/paid travel, subsistance)
To learn new skills to do with archaeology (train me!)
Decent accomodation (no tents/shacks please)
To feel I did a good job (I'm a perfectionist)
This No. 2:
To discover something new (but not for 'Fortune and Glory!')
Everything else - irrelevant.
What about 'having some sense that what you do is worthwhile' (to someone other than the people on site doing it)?
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19th August 2011, 04:39 PM
RedEarth Wrote:All of these equal No. 1:
What about 'having some sense that what you do is worthwhile' (to someone other than the people on site doing it)?
That one is difficult to gain - unless you show people round the site on an open day - as most sites don't reach the public domain till years later.
However, most/some sites appear as a note in a local authority archaeology magazine, and some make it to local archaeology days. But neither directly feed back to the diggers.
You could read regional resource assessments if a site is old enough to be included......these state how important sites are. But other than that its just a case of waiting years until sites are published, later still for the site to be mentioned in contrast to others and even later still for it to appear in a regional or national period synthesis.
But am guessing thats not what you mean?
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19th August 2011, 06:57 PM
Great Question...for me it would have to be
1. cool archaeology
2. good team
3. good supervisor
4. nice location (i've had my fill of building sites)
For me if the archaeology is top notch then I will learn something new, whether it be through excavating it or in the post-ex stages
What I thought was interesting from the poll was that decent wages and interesting archaeology got the highest and similar votes!
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20th August 2011, 11:57 AM
You missed out a couple:
To be thought of as a good supervisor
To be left alone to just get on with it
Good survey though, thought provoking :face-approve:
