27th June 2008, 03:02 PM
Posted by BAJR Host:
There is some truth in that, in that the reach of the curatorial bodies covers all archaeological work carried out under the planning system, irrespective of IFA status, and because there are lots of them and they are locally-based, they can actually monitor projects as they happen rather than wait for a complaint to come in.
However, there is another side to that. The curators police standards in relation to individual projects, not organisations, and the sanctions they can apply are not against the archaeological organisation but against the developer. In addition, they can usually only apply those sanctions if the planning officer concerned (a non-archaeologist) chooses to back them up.
Also, as hinted at in your post, the standards against which they monitor may vary from curator to curator and from project to project. Most, but not all, curators will probably specify IFA standards, but they may substitute or add their own in-house requirements, and may not be consistent between projects. That makes things a bit difficult for contractors.
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Quote:quote:don't join it and operate unregulated by anyone ... except of course by curatorial bodies
There is some truth in that, in that the reach of the curatorial bodies covers all archaeological work carried out under the planning system, irrespective of IFA status, and because there are lots of them and they are locally-based, they can actually monitor projects as they happen rather than wait for a complaint to come in.
However, there is another side to that. The curators police standards in relation to individual projects, not organisations, and the sanctions they can apply are not against the archaeological organisation but against the developer. In addition, they can usually only apply those sanctions if the planning officer concerned (a non-archaeologist) chooses to back them up.
Also, as hinted at in your post, the standards against which they monitor may vary from curator to curator and from project to project. Most, but not all, curators will probably specify IFA standards, but they may substitute or add their own in-house requirements, and may not be consistent between projects. That makes things a bit difficult for contractors.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished