I've been out with students all day, and have to leave again now... but wanted to
say that this has been very much my impression as well, and that the cynicism you
mention is I think in many cases warranted. I found some of the papers in _The
Responsibilities of Archaeologists_, the Lampeter Workshop 4 publication in the BAR
series to be interesting -- and pretty depressing -- when people talked about their
experiences in British CRM. There does seem to me to be a lot of scope for both
theorizing and as importantly for student preparation for CRM work.
Scott M.
Theresa Kintz wrote:
> In that sense, theory producers in academia are the ones who are in a position to
> tie it all together and where it makes a difference. But once their
> students graduate and find work as archaeologists in the real world theory
> disappears and the day to day realities of earning a living take over -
> excavation over explanation. I don't see how this can be resolved. Does
> anyone else?
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