One Minima to Rule them All

[Marc Berger]

agree Kevin that the county or districts should not run any curators/so called county archaeologists. I don't buy into hostys/jacks

archaeoogy fails if the council archaeologists disappear.

what I suggest should happen is that all planning applications addressed to the planning committees should provide a heritage statement by the applicant and that a heritage statement is trumped with a field evaluation....excavation, pre application to show that no archaeology left on site will be affected by the development. If anybody wants to object that the heritage statement is not adequate they can through the planning consultation and the commitees can seek advise as to what conditions might be required post application. The objections could be you or I, general public, neighbour or any self appointed heritage organisation -English heritage and local museums (containing real curators) who might want the stuff. The objections could be worded. This heritage statement is inadequate.

I would also agree that statutory position of archaeology is in adequate and what I would like to see is a criminal offence of destroying archaeology even mistakenly-eg farmers ploughing and sub soiling putting land drains in without a "heritage statement".

I don't see what effect mounties can have on a minima