Archaeology. An art or a science? It was once described as a science run by p*ss-artists! However you see it, I believe that archaeology does not belong within a commercial environment. I also believe that when contractors finish reports, copies should also be sent to the nearest academic institution by law. Discuss...
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from my point of view Troll its a science and should be treated as such. companies should be forced to write up reports and the diggers who did the actual digging on a particular piece of the site should be allowed to write that part of the report and get the credit for writing it too. very often in my experience the report writer is a superviser who although in overall control does not have actual in depth knowledge of each individual piece. this would allow everyone to progress their career and not favour the individual.
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Hi Deep- Absolutely, can`t see government throwing too many sciences out to the wolves of commercialism for too much longer.A good example is the rail system.Since privatisation (thanks Maggie!) countless people have lost their lives because the cheapest sh*t wins the contracts and the bosses walk away with no redress and a profit for the shareholders. Although not as tragic-archaeology is in the same boat where the cheapest crud wins the day and the public has it`s heritage screwed.The bigger picture is worse-the nations history is written based on flawed data. On the writing-up front, it can be difficult to break into the report-writing phase in the commercial world.You could try making your own notes on a daily basis and offering an informed opinion to the supervisors when the opportunity arises.You are more likely to be noticed if you are a meticulous note-taker and "discusser" of the site than those who dig "head-down" then go home.A slow process mate but don`t give in.
Of course, there is nothing stopping you from writing papers on subjects that flick yer switch and submitting them for publication in journals-getting into the habit of writing in a way that is rigidly determined by editors is healthy-get prolific mate-get writing.
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I do take notes on a daily basis. the people who actually do the report writing for the company that i work for are, i feel, as responsible for not letting anyone else write up reports as the company is. there appears to be a policy of not letting anyone else climb the ladder. does anyone else think this is the case?
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