Hi again:
my only point was to mention that if we as a profession set some lower
boundaries of training and self-certification beyond which one could not
call himself an archaeologist, we could contact folks (such as newspapers,
land managers, etc) and state that this guy is not a professional
archaeologist.
Along the lines that a guy who makes homebrew in his garage does not qualify
to call himself a professional chemist. They (the chemists, that is, not the
homebrewers) have a legitimate and universally recognized system of
certification, while, sadly, too many of us cowboy archaeologists fight
tooth and nail to resist any such standardization...
but that's another argument...
John
John A. Giacobbe, RPA
Archaeology & Environmental Science
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> -----Original Message-----
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> WE (all) could dismiss him as a pothunter and no doubt do, but why should
> he care? For the most part the people in whose backyards he delves would
> not appreciate the difference; nor, in my experience, do most newspapers.
> There is no patent or trademark registration on "archaeologist," RPA
> notwithstanding. It doesn't help matters that the adjective
> "professional" is ambiguous-- one can do archaeology for a living and/or
> one can do it in a competent, educated, "professional" manner. Some do
> both but there are lots of people who don't do either and still claim to
> be archaeologists.
>
> Incidentally, I of course meant to write "It is sad that the guy is a
> college graduate..." not "It is said..."
>
> James L. Murphy
>
> At 12:57 PM 1/8/02 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
> a minor note, but if we had a good, clear way to define what
> actually is a
> professional archaeologist,
> perhaps we could easily dismiss him as a hack and pothunter (read
> RPA
> certification between the lines, perhaps)
>
> John
>
> John A. Giacobbe, RPA
> Archaeology & Environmental Science
> Stantec Consulting, Inc.,
> 8211 South 48th St., Phoenix, AZ 85044-5355, USA
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