There's Gold in them thar hills!

[Minimalist]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag ... ts/94.html


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Average pay: $52,086

[Beagle]

"Never has so much been owed, by so many, to so few"

Man, that is terrible. No wonder there are so few career archaeologists.

[Frank Harrist]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag ... ts/94.html


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Average pay: $52,086

That's unrealistic. The average field arch pay is somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-$12 hr. This requires at least a BA in archaeology/anthropology. Now a PHD may make more like listed on the site. I'm sure their averages used in compiling this unrealistic figure does include the PHDs but not the field techs. For the amount of school involved the pay scale is woe-fully inadequate. That's why I sell auto parts for a living and do archaeology as an avocation. There are very many field techs and very few PHDs. (who sit in their offices and study what the hardworking techs dig up.) The harder you work the less you get payed for it. At least that's been my experience. Not mentioned in the article or thus far in this post is the fact that very few field techs are employed full time. Most jobs are seasonal at best. Some only last a few weeks and then you're looking for the next one. It ain't glamorous like it's depicted in some movies. It's hard dirty work. The rewards are not monetary.

[Minimalist]

That's why they call it an average.

I wonder what the median income is? You get a few super successful types such as authors like Finkelstein or Dever or a few others like Eric Cline, Zahi Hawass, or Robert Lehrner who are always making tv appeareances and it can really skew the results for the poor grunts who are out there wielding the picks and brushes.

[Leona Conner]

Just picked my May/June issue of Archaeology Magazine out of the box and low and behold, on page 59 there's an article by Brian Fagan called "So You Want To Be An Archaeologist?" Have only had time to skim over it, but he seems to be telling us that if you want to go into the field get your PhD. He also says something about cultural resourse management or CRM.

Lots of good stuff in this one, so will now go and read. Night.

[Frank Harrist]

Just picked my May/June issue of Archaeology Magazine out of the box and low and behold, on page 59 there's an article by Brian Fagan called "So You Want To Be An Archaeologist?" Have only had time to skim over it, but he seems to be telling us that if you want to go into the field get your PhD. He also says something about cultural resourse management or CRM.

Lots of good stuff in this one, so will now go and read. Night.

I love that magazine. I read every issue cover to cover. Fagan is a good man to listen to. I've read a couple of his books. He's also had a few articles in that mag previously. I hope my copy is in the mail today. I use to subscribe to BAR, "biblical Archaeology Review" but it has become disreputable in recent years, what with supporting fraudulent ossuaries and all. They have too much of an agenda. Anybody know of any good North American archaeology mags available? The one I use to read went out of business.