Issue 33 October 2004

Local Govt Cuts
SELLER OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS APOLOGISES

A person who sold archaeological records
to metal detectorists on the internet auction site eBay has apologised to the archaeological community.

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PAY GOING BACKWARDS...!

The IFA’s annual review of pay in archaeology suggests that wages are going backwards for almost all grades.

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Red Face Corner!

Let's face it, we all make mistakes. Fortunately most of us don’t have the media breathing down our necks when we blunder. But some archaeologists aren’t so lucky, and end up with red faces when their discoveries turn out to be less than earth
shattering!!!

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BAJR MUSEUM APPEAL!

The British Archaeological Jobs Resource (BAJR) has launched a GBP1000 appeal to help a museum in Georgia get back on its
feet.

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HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS?

A Digger reader has sent us shocking allegations about an IFA-registered archaeological unit based in the south of England.

The reader names the unit in question, but we have decided not to publish until after an investigation by the IFA.

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