9th October 2013, 12:17 PM
Tool Wrote:The three I've been involved with, two were initiated by societies, one by (I think), or at least in conjunction with, a county council archaeology service. All were funded by HLF grants. All were also with the guidance of their respective county council archaeology services. They are, as the name suggests, aimed at answering questions specific to a particular geographic community. All were free to attend. Welcome Jack to the School of Tool...
Grin.
So is the survey just aimed at these types of digs then? And not other situations where people are volunteering?
I was left unclear by the opening statement...
"This is a survey on community archaeology projects in the UK. It is designed to assess how effectively professional archaeologists work alongside volunteers from the community on archaeological projects. The survey also aims to generate demographic information about the people who are working as volunteers on archaeological projects....."