28th August 2011, 04:10 PM
So in reality the only archaeology actually monitored in Britain is that which is a direct result of development control? You would have thought that before we thought about internal standards we ought be thinking about a robust monitoring system for all archaeology. I had presumed that by agreeing to Valletta this country had signed up to international standards. it would be nice to think that part of the County Archaeologists role was to have the over view of all the archaeology that went on in his/her county it would also be common courtesy for academics and amateurs to at least keep the county archaeologist informed of what they're doing. Seems to me we need some joined up thinking across the board especially if as some people believe we are seeing the demise of development led archaeology.