20th February 2007, 04:03 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by vulpes
This is potentially one of the proposals in the much delayed heritage white paper - so we may get a chance to find out how this devolution of responsibility works. For one thing it will need to be accompanied by considerable capacity building at the local authority level if it is to work.
I am guessing that the most important consideration, if such a proposal was adopted, would be to give locally based archaeological provision proper legal standing. Would it be the first time that archaeological provision was legally required at a local level in the UK?
Smart move for any field archaeologist who had transfered over to a local curatorial-type post.