12-18-2012, 06:37 PM
Quote:In my professional life we do pro-bono work in areas that interest us for satisfaction and profile, so either this approach doesn't happen in archaeology or it doesn't happen in this case due to lack of interest. I'm still left pondering why there aren't archaeologists looking to make a reputation scouring the country pro-bono for evidence of this intriguing story, (or not pro-bono if they build it into their paid research programme if they are full time academics).Because we have to eat. Archaeologists don't do the job for money or 'a reputation' (heaven forfend!) – any fame (or, more likely, infamy) that does accrue is uninvited and usually undeserved. You only need to apply the simplest project management logic to a scheme like this to see that it is a hopeless non-starter, but that does not mean there are not individuals who are wandering around attempting to do just what I am saying professional bodies can't. Quite where these 'paid research programmes' come from is a bit of a mystery. We're talking the humanities here, not banking ;-)
Quote:@ Mike- this thread is all your fault, you have directly cost me months of my life :-x where do I send the invoice?To the guy who is in charge of my personal fortune (looks a bit like a dragon sitting on top of a pile of dwarf gold... or some such); good luck with that!
Mike Bishop