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31 November
2003
'NEVER PLAY JOKES ON THE GUY WITH THE
MACHINE GUN'
A group of young German archaeologists
formed AFHR in the aftermath of the recent war. The Digger
spoke exclusively to one of the founders, Sinje Stoyke,
who has been in Iraq since September. AFHR advertised recently
on BAJR for diggers for a ‘long-term project of excavating
and recording mass graves in Iraq.’ read more..
WINCHESTER UNIT TO CLOSE!!
Yet another archaeological unit is being
forced to close because of council cuts.
Winchester City Council plans to axe its field team in March
2004 with the loss of three jobs. read more..
Prospect : Manifesto
for Archaeology
Download the short manifesto as a pdf file
here : DOWNLOAD
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EXCAVATION OR PLUNDER? - HMS Sussex.
In the last edition of The
Digger, we reported that Gifford and Partners were acting
as archaeological consultants for the controversial salvage
of the 17th century warship HMS Sussex. The finds, said
to be worth ‘a billion dollars or more,’ will be sold off
and the proceeds split between the US salvage company Odyssey
and the British government. Giffords are registered with
the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA). BAJR contacted
the Director of the IFA Peter Hinton, for comment. His informal
response is reproduced here with permission. Read
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Letters Page
Letters this month on these subjects:
- Working
in Ireland
- Liverpool
Heritage under threat
- Signing
on as a digger
- Working
in Europe
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