Quote:In England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man ownership of objects rests with
the landowner, except where other law overrides this (e.g. Treasure Act 1996, Burial
Act 1857). The archaeologist undertaking the fieldwork and the planning archaeologist
must make this clear at the inception of the project in the brief and WSI.

Quote:lpa briefs .. in fact is worded to imply that objects have to be deposited in a museum or planning conditions will not be discharged

Quote:1.12 Archive deposition
The integrity of the site archive should be maintained. All finds and records should preferably be properly curated by a single organisation, and be available for public consultation. The archive should be deposited within six months of the completed project or prior to the request for discharge of any relevant planning condition. Under NPPF planning conditions should not normally be discharged until archiving is complete.

The archive consists of all written records and materials recovered, drawn and photographic records, including a single copy of the final report. It will be quantified, ordered, indexed and internally consistent. It should also contain site matrices, a site summary and brief written observations on the artefactual and environmental data. An accession number must be drawn prior to the commencement of archaeological works. An expected archive deposition date should also be included, this should be applied for at the same time as the museum accession code and site code. [U][U][U][U]This is a compulsory requirement for the specification.[/U][/U][/U][/U]

If the receiving museum is to be The Collection, Lincoln then the archive should be produced in the form outlined in that museum's document 'Conditions for the Acceptance of Project Archives', Chapter 16 in the Lincolnshire Archaeological Handbook.