19th March 2010, 01:49 PM
RedEarth Wrote:So many things going on there I'm not sure where to start, but I certainly don't understand your proposal of 'evaluations should be paid for by a consortium of potential tendering archaeological units for cost estimation... all sites are dug 100%'. I'm not sure what you've got against evaluations, I would say they are one of the more interesting and useful methods of making new discoveries.
Far too much use of the term middle management (what does that even mean, do you know?) and your notion of 'a system that feed-backs modifications from the analysis interpretation end to the field end in the most productive and expedient way possible' is potentially even more flawed than the alternative you are criticising as it too will always be seen as the 'ultimate methodology' while constantly shifting. The most current methodology is always going to be perceived as the best one.
Clearly you missed the session from our guest lecturer Professor Jones 'Archaeology is the search for facts, not truth'.
Enough about all that talk about drugs, it had got very boring, a bit like drugs, ironically enough.
see you here
http://www.bajrfed.co.uk/showthread.php?2974-No-srsly-Commercial-Archaeology-Sucks-The-debate-thread