IfA Council Statement on Archaeological Salaries

http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/inPages/docs/archaeologicalsalaries.pdf
I will leave people to read it.
It is quite far-reaching and will be open to (indeed it welcomes) debate.
In a nutshell, the Council decided to not allow ROs to reduce salaries, but will work on a system of Pay Bands rather than minima ( I would say a bit like the overlapping bands of BAJR) [...]

How To Get Involved In Archaeology – A short Guide

This short guide is designed to help answer some of the basic questions that are asked about getting started in archaeology, whether as an interested amateur a determined schoolchild or a student getting ready to leave university or college. It can’t be completely comprehensive, without being hundreds of pages long, but hopefully adds enough detail, [...]

2000 year old sewn ship found in Croatia

Well, as I have just returned from Croatian Island of Cres (where I have been on survey – more about that later) I found this.. and could do with a find like tht myself!! Pity I can’t stand doing more than paddling!
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/14498.htm
read the whole article above
Archaeologists have found an ancient sewn ship over 2000 years [...]

Past Horizons – Student WHS Trowel Offer

TROWEL FOR A TENNER – click here
 To prepare you for the digging season, Past Horizons has this amazing offer for students only.
A     4″ WHS Arcaheologists Trowel for a Tenner!
This will help you on your summer fieldwork and help us support our project in Croatia
This offer is only open to students.. and we trust ya!    [...]

BAJR Survey March – Contractors Survey

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13025524/BAJR-2009-Survey-Report-March
Now available. >
A further follow up survey will continue to monitor the current and future trends.
The Bottom Line
There have been severe redundancies in archaeology particularly for some sectors and certain sizes of company. However, redundancy is far from universal for all sectors and sizes. For 80% of consultancies, 54% of contractors and 100% of [...]

IfA recession seminar

The following was written by Paul Belford after/dutring his visit to the IfA Seminar on the crisis in Archaeology.   It was held in London, and cost 30 quid for non IfA members, so this is very very kind of Paul to have taken teh time and effort to report on something that affects us all.
Here [...]

CA Festival of Archaeology Conference

First off.. I would like to thank Lisa, Rob, and of course Andrew Selkirk for a brilliant conference. And another big thanks to the Cardiff students who worked their socks off, as well as the guy, who kindly lent me a couple of cigs! (and his lighter). The conference was more than I could have [...]

Past Horizons archaeology

Past Horizons Archaeology .. http://www.pasthorizons.com/shop – sister company to the trusted BAJR website
We know what you want because we use the tools, and have done for over 25 years. Why choose cheap when you can have quality.
Add to that a fab free magazine http://www.pasthorizons.com/ magazine a Heritage video site http://www.pasthorizons.tv/tv and even a site that [...]

Çatalhöyük now protected by a large roof

Çatalhöyük, Turkey’s most famous Neolithic site, is one the oldest known areas of human settlement, animal domestication and wheat cultivation.

The Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Cultural Assets and Museums general manager, Orhan Düzgün, announced that the roof’s construction, which began in June of this year, had now been finished.

 The roof is made of specially laminated [...]

BAJR Federation – Draft 2

Taking into consideration the comments and suggestions made both on and off the BAJR Forum and elsewhere, the following is a revision of the membership, aims and organisation of what will become the
BAJR Federation
Membership:
Member:
The sole trader/ small company (5 or less); Freelancers; Specialists (the surveyor, ceramicist, geophysicist, finds specialist etc.); Short term contract employees; [...]