Issue 36 April 2005

ARCH SOLS KICKED OFF IFA REGISTER

Hertford-based Archaeological Solutions,
formerly Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, has lost its RAO status.

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BAJR HOTLINE A SUCCESS!

The BAJR hotline for reporting rogue units has proved a success. The handful of complaints so far have been dealt with

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'NO PLANS TO CLOSE EH' SAYS CULTURE SECRETARY

Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, has denied threatening to dismantle English Heritage (EH). An article in the Sunday Times claimed that her department was proposing that EH’s 400 sites, including Stonehenge and Dover Castle, would be handed over to the National Trust.

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CURATOR HITS BACK AT PRIVATE EYE ALLEGATIONS

North Yorkshire County Archaeologist Neil Campling has denied allegations that he is undermining efforts to preserve the landscape around the scheduled Thornborough Henges.

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IFA PLEDGES CHANGES AFTER DIGGER REVELATIONS

Following revelations in The Digger about
the practices of a rogue unit in the south of England, the Institute of Field
Archaeologists (IFA) has pledged to
reform its disciplinary procedures.

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ARCHAEOLOGIST KILLED IN TRENCH COLLAPSE

Archaeologists around the world were shocked to hear about the death of Austrian Marcus Koller, 30. He was killed last month when the 2.5m deep unshored trench he was working in collapsed. Despite being injured themselves, two women colleagues - one of whom was his fiancee - were able to dig him out but he had suffocated. They were working on a Roman farm site for Salzburg museum.

 

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