11th May 2005, 11:35 AM
Look up the Sedgeford project (Norfolk) which is supposed to be a all-equal democratic people's dig (which apparently means you
all have your say then you do what the director says anyway...) and claims to be a community based project. All the locals are supposed to have been involved from the start. I think they have a website.
There is also the work at Old Scatness, Shetland, which is part Bradford university dig and part community based - locals get to dig free. Locals do other stuff theretoo, there is a "livinh history" thing and so on.
Neither of these are urban however. There was something called the Sandwell Archaeological Project in Birmingham.
Community archaeology is one way of getting grants....
Kids are a problem, even for local societies, partly because of insurances for under-16s, and partly because you have to have police cheecks and all that stuff done if you work with kids. We have occassional YAC days at the dig I'm involved with (they bring their own minders) and they are the most nerve wracking days of all!
all have your say then you do what the director says anyway...) and claims to be a community based project. All the locals are supposed to have been involved from the start. I think they have a website.
There is also the work at Old Scatness, Shetland, which is part Bradford university dig and part community based - locals get to dig free. Locals do other stuff theretoo, there is a "livinh history" thing and so on.
Neither of these are urban however. There was something called the Sandwell Archaeological Project in Birmingham.
Community archaeology is one way of getting grants....
Kids are a problem, even for local societies, partly because of insurances for under-16s, and partly because you have to have police cheecks and all that stuff done if you work with kids. We have occassional YAC days at the dig I'm involved with (they bring their own minders) and they are the most nerve wracking days of all!