apologies for cross-posting, but this looked kind of interesting (at least for
someone living in germany, where there is a very real difference between
"archaeologists" and "technicians") -

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> Folks - I have been encouraging my
> office here to begin to use the
> term "Field Archaeologist" instead of
> the term "Field Technician", "techs",
> etc... But before I begin encouraging
> firms to use this terminology on job
> postings I wanted to get a feel from
> the community as to what term you
> prefer to use.  Also changing this term
> would be an uphill battle as "tech"
> (which I will confess I used the term
> for many years) is deeply entrenched in
> the for profit side of CRM, and is even
> used as a Federal description for Field
> Archaeologists.
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> My opinion is that variants on the
> term "tech" suggest that the position
> is somehow "lowly" and therefore
> underserving of fair wages.  In a sense
> the name reinforces the idea that you
> are "lucky to have this job, so take
> your $8/hr and love it".  Whereas I
> have always felt that we are trained
> professionals, and as such, we should
> be paid a fair living wage.
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>   o I prefer to be called a Field Tech
>   o I would  prefer to be called a Field Archaeologists
>   o I do not find the term "tech" disrespectful
>   o I do find the term "tech" disrespectful
>   o I do find the term "tech" disrespectful and feel that contributes to the
>  lower wages for field people
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