P Prentice Wrote:has anyone ever met an urbane, well-dressed, stylish, and amusing archaeologist to counter the ridiculous stereotype? it will require the concensus of at least two bajrites before i will believe it
Yes several but all at higher management or academic levels. Field archaeologists tend to slip up on the well dressed and stylish bit.
So where do you fit into this description PP? Are you not all of these things?
Jim Hunter is right there are people for whom the past is something to be avoided or removed as for them it has absolutely no relevance. This does not make them bad people but does make any dialogue between them and archaeologists almost impossible.