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28th April 2009, 08:48 PM
There are at least 650 unemployed archaeologist in the UK at the moment. If you were king for a day and could put them all to work to excavate/fieldwalk any one thing what would it be? Please asume money/time/free will of archaeolgists is not in question.
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28th April 2009, 11:43 PM
The magic 650 figure.....also equals the number of MPs in this country.
So I would send one archaeologist to permanently pester each MP, every available moment of their working day until they individually (collectively) agreed to pass a sensible heritage bill that both protected the archaeological resource and enabled archaeologists to pursue a worthwhile career.
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28th April 2009, 11:44 PM
...of course when the number of unemployed archaeologists reaches 666 and all about you are coughing and sneezing... then start reading Revelations....closely!. Very closely!!
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29th April 2009, 12:54 AM
Thats very good Kevin. I was thinking maybe putting them to work field walking the entire county, but your idea is much better.
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29th April 2009, 10:43 AM
Massive paradrops of unemployed archaeologists into the untamed rainforest between Mexico and Guatemala and Belize in search of undiscovered Maya cities. Equipped only with GPSs, machetes, iodine tablets and ryvita.
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29th April 2009, 10:49 AM
Alternatly poke MPs with pointy trowels until we get something sensible from the government and fieldwalk the entire country starting from the bottom left.
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29th April 2009, 12:49 PM
I'd split the 650 into uber teams; one to investigate the submerged Mesolithic and Palaeolithic landscape of Doggerland in the manner of the film 'The Life Aquatic', and one to fieldwalk/testpit areas of the country regarded as blank or with very little data.
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29th April 2009, 01:56 PM
Quote....'equipped only with GPSs, machetes, iodine tablets and Ryvita'..........don't forget the all important Swine Flu vaccines.....
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29th April 2009, 02:49 PM
Carefully pick up all our major monuments and move them to one enormous theme park, which would have a mono-rail so we wouldn't have to woryy about those pesky members of the public TOUCHING anything!
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29th April 2009, 03:12 PM
We get 650 of those old style diving suits with lead boots and a big metal helmet. Then we field walk the seabed! It would be awesome (and maybe profitable as we have no pesky landowners to give our treasure too - would also brighten up the days of the PAS)
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