So as its that time of year who do BAJRites think deserves a mention in dispatches for services to our industry? They can be individuals or organisations who have improved the profile and conditions of the profession or enhanced particular areas of archaeological knowledge. I vote for Mr Hosty for fighting all sorts of battles on many different fronts.:face-approve:

Review of the National Heritage Protection Plan

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/profe...f-the-NHPP

On this page you can learn about the findings of the current review of the National Heritage Protection Plan and the next steps towards a new Plan.
Consultation

The National Heritage Protection Plan (NHPP) has been developed to co-ordinate the activity that goes on to protect and promote England’s historic environment. Recently, on behalf of the heritage sector, English Heritage commissioned a consultation on what the future priorities should be.

The consultation ran from March to May 2014, with 915 replies to the online survey (364 of which completed all questions), 13 workshops attended by 317 people and 36 in depth telephone interviews undertaken.

Headline Findings

The full report can be downloaded from the right hand side of this page, below is a summary of the key points.

• There is broad support for having a unifying framework that identifies the most important things to be done and 56% of online respondents felt it was clear what the current plan aimed to achieve.
  
• There is general agreement that the right opportunities, threats and priorities for heritage have been identified.
  
• There needs to be more clarity on the roles and responsibilities of the organisations.
  
• People and organisations would like to find out more about how to get involved.
  
• The presentation and language of the NHPP need to be clearer.
  

Who's time, who pays for what, where's your place of work you can sign up to it here, if you care

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51645

So if you missed the IfA conference in glasgow there was a session 'Research Beyond Mitigation and Universities: Maximising the Impact of Community Involvement'. I recorded the talks and put them online if anyone is interested in the topics:

'Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.'
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Abstract:

'Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.' - Bruce Mann

Community engagement in archaeology is something which is often talked about, though often in isolation from the rest of the professional sector. As our profession evolves so it is now time to think outside of the box and recognise how communities and citizen science can have a central role in the work we do. This paper tells the story of how the minor misunderstood site of Blackhills in Aberdeenshire, damaged by forestry operations and presented to the local authority archaeologist as a headache to resolve, became a huge success through partnership working which delivered not only a nationally significant new find, but also one within a research context. The role of the local authority in enabling this opportunity is examined, with partners ranging from the local landowner and community, to local archaeological groups, professionals, and esteemed academics, to even a group of inspired artists. This paper demonstrates that community not only has a positive contribution to make to research, but can be used as an invaluable tool that delivers real benefits to the profession as a whole, and one that we would be foolish to dismiss in the future.

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[/URL]Free conference for teachers taking place at Durham University on 19th – 20th July this year. It is run by Durham University Departments of Archaeology & Anthropology and will be relevant for teachers – both for their own interest and to inspire and compliment areas of teaching in the classroom.

Use the link for a flyer for the event and you can also find lots more information about the event https://www.dur.ac.uk/forteachers/teache...programme/ – this link is also where teachers can book on the event.

I’d like to emphasise that this is not a hard-sell event advertising the University rather, as you can see from the programme online, it’s a chance for teachers to go back to University for a couple of days, learn something new and come away with lots of new ideas. Did we forget to say.... It is totally free of charge.

With the advent of NPPF para. 128 pre application heritage statements and commercial archaeologists getting involved in the pre application "market" should the archaeologist be honour bound (part of the package) to recommend the application?, obviously with the grounds that the development is undertaken with the appropriate archaeological evaluation and mitigation.

Question oh folk who dabble deep into teh dark arts of C14.
I know what I think and I am pretty happy with what I see. However... is it possible taht these dates represent not 2 phases but 1 as they do.. per ce... overlap a bit.



670-410 calBC
536-391 calBC
560-390 calBC
541-395 calBC
543-396 calBC
516-379 calBC
550-390 calBC

410-350 calBC
406-354 calBC
359-390 calBC

Does anybody know where the first archaeologist to use the term "Heritage Receptor" lives. I would be also interested to know where their family lives, if they have any that is. I get 384 hits on google which isn't exactly viral and a earliest so far document dated January 2008 but I don't think that they are archaeologists using it.

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