14th November 2011, 08:37 PM
"often units do not even bother to include the names of the excavators in their publications/reports, they just write the name of the person who wrote up the report (and sometimes the unit manager if they edit)" - EXACTLY!
This is a big problem for trying to 'acredit' someones fieldwork abilities (beyond slinging mud around with enthusiasm), especially for supervisors/site managers whoes critical descions and ongoing interpreations generally inform the whole chain of comand, with big impacts on Descion Making - but who are NEVER given any recogniftion in a report.
Why the hell should the office manager/post-ex manager take all the credit, when they are simply summarising the work of others!!!?
Lots to discus on THAT Topic (report style>technical data>inclusion of primary sources etc. etc.)
This is a big problem for trying to 'acredit' someones fieldwork abilities (beyond slinging mud around with enthusiasm), especially for supervisors/site managers whoes critical descions and ongoing interpreations generally inform the whole chain of comand, with big impacts on Descion Making - but who are NEVER given any recogniftion in a report.
Why the hell should the office manager/post-ex manager take all the credit, when they are simply summarising the work of others!!!?
Lots to discus on THAT Topic (report style>technical data>inclusion of primary sources etc. etc.)