Thanks Geoff-

I think it is important to review the entire "archeology economy"- where is 
the money going?

I have still no answer as to how much of the archeology economy is tied up 
in all of the expences relating to conferences (total from management, 
publicity to abstract creation submission, travel, conference itself side 
trips, meals, travel back...)

I hope that  someone can provide figures that can be verified- when the 
figures are available I predict that it will obvious that it is  a huge 
percentage or at least enough to create or restore many jobs.

Positively submitted

Conrad Bladey
Peasant
-----Original Message----- 
From: geoff carver
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: Why YOU should come to SHA Quebec 2014

A point I was trying to make is that no one seems to be interested in 
addressing the problems of trying to act like a professional while being 
dirt-poor.
Why do we just accept that in some cases archaeologists with MAs can earn 
less than digger drivers? That many of us can't take out loans to buy cars 
or even computers because, without long-term contracts, we can't get credit 
at the bank?

-----Original Message-----


Conferences remain unavailable to many, if not most, archaeologists and 
definitely to most students.