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I'd forgotten about that one. It was a joint project involving a local group and people from Cambridge University as well. The report is due out this year. Quinton -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 04 July 2003 16:02 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Research Digs in Britain A team of Japanese archaeologists (can't remember the University) came to work on the little known planned medieval town of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire for a couple of seasons about 4 years ago. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wardle, Chris (DSD) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 04 July 2003 13:21 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Research Digs in Britain > > Hi, > > It's Friday lunchtime and time for some musing on my behalf that perhaps > colleague up and down Britain might provide answers. > > As far as I'm aware there are relatively few research excavations in this > country. Those that there are mainly training digs often carried out in > the > furthest flung corners of these isles (e.g. Shetlands and the Orkney -Yes > I > know this is Anglocentric. Apologies for those of you in the Highlands and > the Isles who think themselves as being more central.) at the back end of > the summer term. During the vac. many of the academics who run these digs > decamp to more exotic locations in order to further their special research > topics. Many go to the Med. but some go even further afield (e.g. South > America, and in one recently publicised case Madagascar) > > I don't have a problem with academics carrying out their research > elsewhere, > but was wondering how rare it is for archaeologists from overseas to come > to > Britain, with a bunch students, to dig or survey British monuments. I > cannot > recall one instance. Does anyone out there know of a case? > > Iif as, I suspect, it is the case, such instances are quite rare, why is > this so? Surely there are few areas that would not benefit from research > excavations. Are so insular that we don't permit foreign researchers? Or > is > British archaeology so unattractive to overseas archaeologists? *** Private And Confidential Notice *** The information contained in this E-MAIL is intended for the named recipients only. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action or reliance on it. If you have received this E-MAIL in error, please notify the sender immediately by using the E-MAIL address or on +44 (0) 1733 452411 *************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you receive this email by mistake please notify the sender and delete it immediately. Opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Cambridgeshire County Council. All sent and received email from Cambridgeshire County Council is automatically scanned for the presence of computer viruses and security issues. ***************************************************************************