Towards a national training scheme for England and the United Kingdom
2000; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 74; Issue: 283 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0003598x00066394
ISSN1745-1744
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeological Research and Protection
ResumoArchaeology in Britain is going through one of its periodic ‘crises’, but for once it is not a crisis of funding, but one rather brought on by success, with more money, more posts and more archaeology. Much of the new money emanates from Developer Funding; PPG-16 (DoE 1990), brought out by the Department of the Environment in the wake of a European Directive on the need to conserve the historic environment, requires developers, where possible, to preserve archaeological sites, and where not, to preserve by record, i.e. to excavate. Roles were split with, on the one side, local government having ‘curatorial responsibility’ to maintain Sites and Monuments Records (SMRs) and to advise on planning and development; and on the other, independent ‘archaeological units’ to carry out the work.
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