Phil,
Personally I prefer to use the term 'threat-led archaeology', because
'rescue archaeology' always seems too dated and frantic in an age of prior
evaluation and research agendas. The 'threat' can be interpreted widely.
Ben Robinson
Peterborough
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlisle, Philip [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 23 April 2003 10:55
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Preventive or rescue
>
> Dear all (Martin can you bang this onto Britarch again for me? Cheers)
>
> Once again apologies for cross posting.
>
> Well I've had some useful replies from all the lists. I'd just like to
> thank
> everybody who has got back to me on this, but keep the answers coming if
> you
> haven't replied yet.
>
> Just to attempt to clarify further, we do have a scopenote and this has
> been
> agreed by all the partner countries involved (England (we don't represent
> the whole of the UK so I do mean England and not our colleagues in the
> other
> home nations), France, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Cyprus,
> Lithuania and Slovenia).
>
> Here it is.
>
> "The branch of archaeology dealing with the recording of archaeological
> sites or monuments prior to their destruction by development or natural
> causes."
>
> It is, by necessity, quite broad in concept (you try getting 20 people
> from
> ten countries to try to agree on a definition. For starters I suggest the
> term "Crown Property" we have had hours of fun discussing that one!)
>
> To add fuel to the fire here's a couple of points.
>
> The French have an institute of preventive archaeology which, according to
> my French colleague, undertake Rescue Excavations!
>
> No one who has replied has forcibly argued for preventive archaeology, but
> many have opted for rescue archaeology.
>
> What about "contract archaeology" and the term used by our American
> cousins
> "salvage archaeology" (which to my mind sounds as if it has more to do
> with
> the raising of the Mary Rose).
>
> I am inclined to stick with Rescue Archaeology as even if this is not the
> official term it is at least understood by most of the community.
>
> I'll keep you posted if I get the elusive definitive answer!
>
> Phil
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