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Allison C. (@keyofmgy)
November 20, 2011
Hi, Doug–would you be able to offer any advice on good places to look for excavator work in the UK? I’ve recently found myself in the position of needing to start my life over from scratch and am seriously considering moving to the UK to do it. I have a degree in history with a minor in anthropology and took all three archaeology courses my university had to offer (I was very lucky that Field Techniques in Archaeology was offered while I was there, so I do have a little field experience). I’d thought to pursue a museum career but it’s turned out to be near-impossible, and I’ve always loved archaeology, so thought finding a job as a digger might be easier. However, all the job searches I’ve run so far have only turned up supervisory or higher position. Help and advice would be extremely appreciated.
Doug Rocks-Macqueen
November 20, 2011
I sent you an email. Let me know if you didn’t get it.
Allison C. (@keyofmgy)
November 20, 2011
I did get it and I really, really appreciate it. Thank you.
jayjayaurelio
May 9, 2012
Hello I wonder if you could give me some advice, I have recently studied Fdsc Field Archaeology and will finish my BA Roman Archaeology course next month, I have about 4 months experience of digging mainly abroad in Cyprus,Finland but also on filed schools at Silchester and the Durotriges project. I have been considering what to do next, I have heard you cannot get a job unless you have an MA is this true and if it is is there any other way I can get a arch job without an MA. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Doug Rocks-Macqueen
May 9, 2012
Hi Jay,
Can you be a little more specific about what sort of job in archaeology you would like? For many jobs you can absolutely get jobs with a BA or none at all (rare but it happens), Though some jobs an MA helps. Can you give me an idea of what you are looking at?
jayjayaurelio
May 9, 2012
Thanks for the quick reply I was considering becoming an excavator or supervisor? although my main interest is Roman Archaeology I would imagine I would need to specialise if I wanted to go into a Roman related area. I have about 4 months of experience not sure if this would be enough?.
Doug Rocks-Macqueen
May 9, 2012
Well, you will start out as an excavator but you can work your way up to supervisor pretty quick. You DO NOT need a MA for commercial archaeology work at all. Though you have to be willing to travel.
Do you have a drivers license?
Do you have your safety card?
Are you willing to travel?
Yes, you will have to specialize to do just Roman archaeology but give commercial archaeology ago for a little while. Find out if you like it or not. It will also expose you to a very wide range of archaeology and you might find a different interest.
If you want to do just Roman archaeology that will be tough most specialists, non-academic, work freelance but the work is not steady so they usually have a part time job somewhere else.
What does your CV look like. Send it to me and I will give you some pointers on it. drocks.macqueen at gmail . com