Carl,

Digging at a field school means you can laugh, have fun, run over to see
another student's discoveries, debate from one pit to another, stop and talk
theory, take as many potty breaks as you need, stop at the water cooler to chat,
hang out at the lab, and take leisurely notes. Nothing threatens a field school
archaeology site because it will be there for the next semester. Digging on a
contract job with heavy deadlines and the bulldozer roaring in the background
means digging very precisely, fast, and earning every penny of your hourly
rate doing just what you were hired to do. Potty breaks are swift and purposeful.
People bring canteens to their pits, and lunch periods are precise with
people back slaving on their units one minute after the work bell rings. The CRM
pit boss rates people on how many levels the dig, precision of their work,
accuracy of their notes, and attention to detail in the maximum time professionally
possible. This is the difference, as I see it. Not long after a CRM crew
walks off the site, bulldozers will rip it out of existence and the only epitaph
will be the field notes, maps, and collections.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.