This is great if u can actually read German

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> On Aug 29, 2015, at 11:57 AM, "geoff carver" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Back in the 90s German archaeologists "discussed" the issue of private
> excavation firms.
> One of the main issues was how firms would pay low wages for unskilled
> workers.
> In the real world, however, RoPA and the IA (formerly IfA) eventually got
> around to regulating firms, to the extent that anyone who worked on a site
> was supposed to have some kind of experience, usually proof of having
> attended a field school.
> Here are some recent examples of "jobs" in German archaeology:
> http://www.lvr.de/de/nav_main/derlvr/personal/stellenangebote/wissenschaftli
> cheberufekulturbereich/arbeiterin_titz_15092015.jsp
> 
> http://www.lvr.de/de/nav_main/derlvr/personal/stellenangebote/wissenschaftli
> cheberufekulturbereich/arbeiterin_overath_15092015.jsp
> 
> http://www.lvr.de/de/nav_main/derlvr/personal/stellenangebote/wissenschaftli
> cheberufekulturbereich/arbeiterin_nideggen_15092015.jsp
> 
> The conditions are all basically the same: excavation, care for tools, help
> with surveying, washing and writing on finds. You're expected to have
> excavation experience, and a driver's license, and be willing to earn...
> just under 2000 Euros/month to start, and maybe rise up to just over 2000 if
> you pass a test after 6 months, then a little higher after 2 years...
> 
> Oh... and this is working for one a state office, not a private firm.
> 
> 
> Anyone imagine they use "reflexive methods"? anyone imagine there will be
> much "theory" at the edge of those trowels?