19th November 2008, 04:26 PM
This is what I was wondering myself...
I know that in Scotland - all things go through the TT panel... (believe me its a pain! -- 42 bags of 19th century pottery... tick 3 bits of Fe Obj... tick etc) However there is a different process for 'treasure' found in an excavation...but it still goes through the TT process - ergo... All finders are recorded.
see here for report http://www.treasuretrovescotland.co.uk/d...mplete.pdf
What I was unsure about.. (and perhaps I should ask...) is what happens in England...
As we all know, archaeologists are legaly disqualified from any finders fee... it is simply against the law. However.. where is it reported, the finds found on an archaeological site... such as the Prittlewell burial site at Southend...
The arguement might go... oh the PAS is only the place for people who are not archaeologists... but then... surely that removes a pile of people? Seriously though I am not sure myself...
I would expect to find the Pritwell assemblage on PAS... as it is treasure as much as anything...
So in England... is it
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
I know that in Scotland - all things go through the TT panel... (believe me its a pain! -- 42 bags of 19th century pottery... tick 3 bits of Fe Obj... tick etc) However there is a different process for 'treasure' found in an excavation...but it still goes through the TT process - ergo... All finders are recorded.
see here for report http://www.treasuretrovescotland.co.uk/d...mplete.pdf
What I was unsure about.. (and perhaps I should ask...) is what happens in England...
As we all know, archaeologists are legaly disqualified from any finders fee... it is simply against the law. However.. where is it reported, the finds found on an archaeological site... such as the Prittlewell burial site at Southend...
The arguement might go... oh the PAS is only the place for people who are not archaeologists... but then... surely that removes a pile of people? Seriously though I am not sure myself...
I would expect to find the Pritwell assemblage on PAS... as it is treasure as much as anything...
So in England... is it
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers