26th January 2011, 08:26 PM
Can someone explain how the system has worked to date.
When a quarryer applies for permission I guess an archaeological condition might be attached to the development. In that circumstance do archaeologists have to approach the ALSF for funding or do they negotiate direct with the quarryer? In which case do quarries with archaeology have to pay more than quarries without or are the total costs shared across the industry?
I'm just wondering (in the absence of ASLF) whether archaeologists couldn't just approach the individual quarryers directly for funding (as with all other forms of commercial archaeology).....or am I missing something here?
And wasn't the ALSF used for some years to fund some maritime archaeology projects? Has this source dried up as well? (OK pun unintended...
When a quarryer applies for permission I guess an archaeological condition might be attached to the development. In that circumstance do archaeologists have to approach the ALSF for funding or do they negotiate direct with the quarryer? In which case do quarries with archaeology have to pay more than quarries without or are the total costs shared across the industry?
I'm just wondering (in the absence of ASLF) whether archaeologists couldn't just approach the individual quarryers directly for funding (as with all other forms of commercial archaeology).....or am I missing something here?
And wasn't the ALSF used for some years to fund some maritime archaeology projects? Has this source dried up as well? (OK pun unintended...
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