6th May 2010, 03:34 PM
Field archaeology is not a reproducible phenomena. Field archaeology has a geophysical location that cannot be repeated. That geophysical location is under ownership. The recording of the observation has a point in time which also makes the observation unique. The observation of the phenomena by the individual archaeologist is unique and has copyright. What I believe is that a professional field archaeologist should consider that the act or event of uncovering and recording to that given location is owned by them.
Back in the real world we have diggers who do not hold copyright or ownership. They are mostly ignorant and never having had copyright don’t know what they are missing Instead we have a system driven by people calling themselves archaeologists (members). They are really curators. An example are academics who want the results of your excavations for their theories which is nice if they pay you but unfortunately there is a another set of people called curators who want your information for other reasons. One of the easiest excuses is Nationalism or to use the Valletta treaty fig leaf Common Identity. Possibly nothing wrong with that for Troll but to get it really cheap these curators like your archaeology to be donated. For them all archaeology is public. I could attempt to list all the things that they have done in the name of archaeology (without the field prefix) but it mostly adds up to civil service pension.
http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/uk-economy/why-greek-contagion-wont-spread-as-far-as-elgin-marbles/
Back in the real world we have diggers who do not hold copyright or ownership. They are mostly ignorant and never having had copyright don’t know what they are missing Instead we have a system driven by people calling themselves archaeologists (members). They are really curators. An example are academics who want the results of your excavations for their theories which is nice if they pay you but unfortunately there is a another set of people called curators who want your information for other reasons. One of the easiest excuses is Nationalism or to use the Valletta treaty fig leaf Common Identity. Possibly nothing wrong with that for Troll but to get it really cheap these curators like your archaeology to be donated. For them all archaeology is public. I could attempt to list all the things that they have done in the name of archaeology (without the field prefix) but it mostly adds up to civil service pension.
http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/uk-economy/why-greek-contagion-wont-spread-as-far-as-elgin-marbles/