11th June 2011, 11:27 AM
Apart from the slim stiletto in the underbelly.
I have to and will agree with Dino on this from the same experiences as well. When asked last week what I wanted to be called I said archaeologist... "ah... but the diggers are archaeologists too!" came the startled reply. Exactly.. and damn good they are too. as am I. and I am just a digger who is older.. I like what I do and see being an old digger as a career. Like Dino I keep up to date, I read and continually learn. OSL... ye gawds.. ( that's in the to do pile. !)
Handling a shovel is a noble art that is a career in itself. It is perhaps useful to see field archaeology as NOT the bottom rung but a career in itself. ( knees and back excluded!)
I have a feeling that should Dino and I meet it would sound like the snapping and clicks of a thousand twigs as our bones settled into a comfortable position!

Handling a shovel is a noble art that is a career in itself. It is perhaps useful to see field archaeology as NOT the bottom rung but a career in itself. ( knees and back excluded!)
I have a feeling that should Dino and I meet it would sound like the snapping and clicks of a thousand twigs as our bones settled into a comfortable position!