Thanks for reply, I hear you in theory; however your take is 'avoiding' my point in reality. You mean, Geo-archaeologist rather than a Geographer? Cross disciplinary collab occurs often, yet is assymetrically biased towards archaeology. Archaeologists adopt these geographic methods/tools...independently as research method additions to their own research methods, and core training. This is not symmetric due to core archaeological field study is overseen by professional qualifications and standards requiring a grad degree + supervised field experience. I agree that Geographers can and have trained in these methods/qualifications and collaborate interdisciplinarily as Geoarchaeologists/ specialists. however, as you overlooked; leading and directing primary archaeology work requires satisfying archaeology field-specific cert's. RPA is voluntary but necessary for career Geoarchaeology to avoid complications with Cultural Resource Management as you are aware. I am not piling on intentionally, yet some domains are more protected/gatekept than others. It's "Standard-operating-procedure" one direction, and "Domain-Sprawl" at best the other direction. Evidently, expertise can safeguard heritage and lead to complacency in interdisciplinary narratives. So, that said, I do support interdisciplinary cross-training if the narrative is shared interdisciplinarily. Unfortunately however, it currently is anything but. I think you know very well that some findings relating to Handedness are able to rock the core of Academia. GIS/ geospatial tools are just tools, as are the tools of Archaeology. You don't need to hire a handyman to build a chicken coop, unless it's a prehistoric chicken coop, then you'd need to call an archaeologist apparently and get permission/ SOI supervision from 3 governmental agencies and CRM.

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