21st January 2008, 04:29 PM
Hmmm... feedback... and so much to think about (now have tune of Dixie in my head). Thanks!
Firstly Tom,
The good âole days are gone.
They always are.
There were people making similar points to yours at least as far back as I remember, a few mini 'Golden Ages' notwithstanding (i.e. London in the late '80s).
Ok... yes, I agree. Maybe I am re-iterating a lot of what has been said before. More than likely, in a few years from now someone just like me will be saying just how great the 90's and 00's were. Maybe, as I get older and greyer (I approach my dotage with humility), the good 'ole, halcyon days of MY past are more prevalent in my mind than MY cruddy ones (I've been in archaeology for a while). I'm just a bit worried about my personal future, the future of my friends and my archaeological colleagues. I wonder about professional archaeology in general... sometimes it does seem like it is going down the pan. Yehaaa, maybe the cowboys will inherit the earth (I hope not). Maybe I'm a bit long-in-the-tooth for the way archaeology is progressing and that it is really young persons game? Maybe, as the film goes, this is "No place for old men".
Tangentally:
Quite a few professional here have castigated Gary Brun for his interest
I don't think that's true to be honest.
The occasional frank exchange of views shouldn't be misconstrued as overall distain.
Ok, maybe I used the wrong word in 'castigated' (a bit too strong). Still, some here think metal-detecting is, and always will be, a 'dirty habit'.
I think I'll continue to whistle Dixie for the moment.
Firstly Tom,
The good âole days are gone.
They always are.
There were people making similar points to yours at least as far back as I remember, a few mini 'Golden Ages' notwithstanding (i.e. London in the late '80s).
Ok... yes, I agree. Maybe I am re-iterating a lot of what has been said before. More than likely, in a few years from now someone just like me will be saying just how great the 90's and 00's were. Maybe, as I get older and greyer (I approach my dotage with humility), the good 'ole, halcyon days of MY past are more prevalent in my mind than MY cruddy ones (I've been in archaeology for a while). I'm just a bit worried about my personal future, the future of my friends and my archaeological colleagues. I wonder about professional archaeology in general... sometimes it does seem like it is going down the pan. Yehaaa, maybe the cowboys will inherit the earth (I hope not). Maybe I'm a bit long-in-the-tooth for the way archaeology is progressing and that it is really young persons game? Maybe, as the film goes, this is "No place for old men".
Tangentally:
Quite a few professional here have castigated Gary Brun for his interest
I don't think that's true to be honest.
The occasional frank exchange of views shouldn't be misconstrued as overall distain.
Ok, maybe I used the wrong word in 'castigated' (a bit too strong). Still, some here think metal-detecting is, and always will be, a 'dirty habit'.
I think I'll continue to whistle Dixie for the moment.