23rd October 2005, 09:44 PM
unfortunately, the guidelines do only apply in England, and only to Christian burial grounds, but they do not just apply to work carried out where the church is the developer but to all commercial and research excavations of Christian burial grounds. As a profession we have a responsibility to uphold the guidelines, regardless of who we are working for. I am also of the opinion that churches should not be able to get away with disregarding these guidelines anymore than any other developer, simply by dent of who they are, and, in fact, making them abide by the same rules as everyone else was one of the driving forces behind this document in the first place
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++