Supply, demand and a failure of understanding: Addressing the culture clash between archaeologists' expectations for training and employment in 'academia' versus 'practice'

World Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-219

  Aitchison, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Funding; Institute of field archaeologists; Pay; Training

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 4744373432     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000260988     Document Type: Article

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