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Dear all - Colleagues may find this blog post of interest - http://profdanhicks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/archaeology-austerity-and-future-of.html It explores some of the broader significance of HERs as unique, often neglected and overlooked, and highly fragile cultural resources. It argues that we need to improve HERs' national coherence, their public accessibility and profile, and the stability of their future funding -- and that one important part of the way forward may be to build new connections and re-connections between Historic Environment Records and local authority museums. The BBC broadcast mentioned in the blog post will be on Radio 4's Making History this Tuesday at 3pm, and then on the iPlayer. Dan ........................................ Dan Hicks MCIfA, FSA Associate Professor in Archaeology, University of Oxford Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/DH1.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/profdanhicks -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------