20th January 2007, 04:11 PM
I think its fair to say that the dialogue here is an excellent example of just why "modern, professional UK" archaeology is in such a state.Thankyou to all who contributed on this thread-its been superbly informative.My motivation for placing this thread has been the many commercial units I have worked for who are essentially a paperwork-free enterprise,i.e, reports cost money so to be competative and win the contract-they don`t do any.At all.I think both the main contributors on this thread are right-there is no hope.Archaeology as a discipline has been hijacked by pseudo-legal language that allows everyone to do as they please in order to make a profit.So....whats the next step? Do we give up and allow the finite resource to be bent over on a daily basis claiming that optional standards are adequate and policed or....do we do something pro-active?:face-huh:
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)