24th September 2008, 03:47 PM
Quote:quote:How would anyone know if someone from a university, especially from outside of the area, was doing work apart from word of mouth, which is not very reliable. Similarly, if some commercial work was being done it could be quite difficult to find out unless the papers picked up on it, or, again by word of mouth.
In theory [u]all</u> work should be reported to the local HER or SMR. Certainly a Member of the IFA would be required to do so having signed up to the Codes of Conduct. In practice only the commercial work is likely to be reported promptly, since academic archaeologists are rarely Members of the IFA. Another argument in favour of a stronger and compulsory IFA.