6th January 2011, 09:22 AM
That said... we could do more archaeology with more people... the MSc rs would not be able to replace an archaeologist but add to the team...
I must admit I did chuckle a bit at Wax's "essentially forced labour or a jolly for the locals whatever good intentions might be behind it"
In part the reason we are struggling is that we are not important, we don't matter, we don't try to gather support.. Discuss.
in the past, we may have been seen as a slightly weird but truely fascinating bunch. Being an Archaeologist was about being just that. It never stopped at 5pm, you read, you drank, you talked to dreamt.. Pay was poor, accommodation was post apocalyptic and there was plenty else wrong... but lets not forget the best bits of archaeology - the recording techniques, the methodologies all happened before PPG! At the core, we were archaeologists.. we dug archaeology, we were discovering. WE did not worry about finding archaeology, we were genuinely excited to find it. Only when ppg came in did the fear of finding appear. only then did we start to become slightly more self important. We stopped walking along the road, with held held high.. proud to be an archaeologist, we started to look down our noses at those without our blessed profession.. MiFA or PiFA?? Degree or not? what you do archaeology as a hobby at the weekend?
Ahem... I may be a bit disjointed - but then I am off to the dentist in 2 hours!
Point being... the past has happened... it had good bits and bad bits. The Present is here... the Future? well thats up to you
I must admit I did chuckle a bit at Wax's "essentially forced labour or a jolly for the locals whatever good intentions might be behind it"
In part the reason we are struggling is that we are not important, we don't matter, we don't try to gather support.. Discuss.
in the past, we may have been seen as a slightly weird but truely fascinating bunch. Being an Archaeologist was about being just that. It never stopped at 5pm, you read, you drank, you talked to dreamt.. Pay was poor, accommodation was post apocalyptic and there was plenty else wrong... but lets not forget the best bits of archaeology - the recording techniques, the methodologies all happened before PPG! At the core, we were archaeologists.. we dug archaeology, we were discovering. WE did not worry about finding archaeology, we were genuinely excited to find it. Only when ppg came in did the fear of finding appear. only then did we start to become slightly more self important. We stopped walking along the road, with held held high.. proud to be an archaeologist, we started to look down our noses at those without our blessed profession.. MiFA or PiFA?? Degree or not? what you do archaeology as a hobby at the weekend?
Ahem... I may be a bit disjointed - but then I am off to the dentist in 2 hours!
Point being... the past has happened... it had good bits and bad bits. The Present is here... the Future? well thats up to you