12th February 2007, 12:22 PM
Why would we want to 8-)
In all seriousness, voluntary archaeologists have the chance to learn to know an area over a longer period of time, various weather conditions in a way that enables us to really know about the area in which we carry out fieldwork.
In addition we are often aware of areas that seem ripe for future development, even before the big deveopers do. To this effect we can carry out small scale evaluations which if fed back into the SMR/HER can help to decide that more extensive archaeological work is required, thus helping to create jobs for the `pros'.
So, it would be nice if we were responsible for finding a site in the first place if we could be invited to take part on any further larger scale work that is carried out.
IMHO
Jeff
In all seriousness, voluntary archaeologists have the chance to learn to know an area over a longer period of time, various weather conditions in a way that enables us to really know about the area in which we carry out fieldwork.
In addition we are often aware of areas that seem ripe for future development, even before the big deveopers do. To this effect we can carry out small scale evaluations which if fed back into the SMR/HER can help to decide that more extensive archaeological work is required, thus helping to create jobs for the `pros'.
So, it would be nice if we were responsible for finding a site in the first place if we could be invited to take part on any further larger scale work that is carried out.
IMHO
Jeff