Issue 38 November 2005

ROW RAGES OVER DAMAGED ROMAN WALL !!

A row over damage to a Scheduled Ancient
Monument is threatening to overshadow a local council’s plans for a Heritage Park.

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POLICY CHANGES AT THE IFA

At its AGM held last month in London, the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA)
adopted a new Disciplinary code.

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SAMs DESTROYED

More bad news for Scheduled Ancient
Monuments: drainage of the Somerset levels for agriculture has destroyed
internationally-important sites.

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IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGISTS' ANGER OVER NEW CONSTITUTION

The new Iraqi constitution has been criticized by Iraqi archaeologists who say a
federal Iraq will leave the country’s ancient past at the mercy of regional
administrations rather than under central
government control.

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'SAVE OUR COURSE!'

Students and lecturers at the University of
Wales, Newport, have appealed to the
wider archaeological community to help
save their department.

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