8th April 2007, 07:58 AM
Forgive me, I'm new to archaeology - I had asusmed it was the planning departments and curators who set standards. Educate me.
So if planning departments and curators are not setting the standards for qualification (in regards to the archaeology) who is? At the tender stage it is construction firms who choose the language for the archaeological excavation requirements? The civil engineers who decide what condition an archaeological archive must be in for deposit? And does anyone check the contracted archaeologists actually do deposit?
In any line of business, those who set and enforce the standards have effective control over the quality of the work - the higher the quality of the work required, the higher the pay that can be demanded. So how to raise the standards?
Chris
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Strictly my views, which occasionally may also be those of my employer!
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So if planning departments and curators are not setting the standards for qualification (in regards to the archaeology) who is? At the tender stage it is construction firms who choose the language for the archaeological excavation requirements? The civil engineers who decide what condition an archaeological archive must be in for deposit? And does anyone check the contracted archaeologists actually do deposit?
In any line of business, those who set and enforce the standards have effective control over the quality of the work - the higher the quality of the work required, the higher the pay that can be demanded. So how to raise the standards?
Chris
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Strictly my views, which occasionally may also be those of my employer!
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