25th March 2011, 10:53 AM
i'm positive - so i've taken the liberty of making a few minor adjustments and i hope other will refine it further so it isn't so boring
Archaeology has never been more popular.
Today you can watch archaeology and history on television 24/7. TV Channels are dedicated to it and surveys reveal that one in five of the population watch a heritage programme every week.
Archaeologists explore fundamental human questions such as ‘who am I and where do I come from?’ We work like detectives using ingenuity and high tech science, and just like the best kind of police thriller, there is a twist and turn at every juncture.
Our work enables people of all ages and backgrounds to be in touch with their roots, and in the landscapes our forebears developed. Archaeologists allow you to meet your ancestors, discover where your family came from and even tell where a person grew up by examining their teeth. We can also look for answers to the big questions like how diseases developed and how we have developed as a species. We help preserve important buildings and we discover and record archaeological landscapes. We can give back the names and identities to those who died in war zones and Forensic Archaeologists help bring criminals to justice.
Every year millions of us engage with the archaeological environment, we visit sites and museums, take part in themed festivals and living history events, attend talks and walks, go metal detecting and report finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and take part in excavations, all of which rely on the skills and commitment of archaeologists.
The threat to archaeology
The archaeology below our feet belongs to us all but it takes training and experience to recognize it, care for it, and learn from it. Today the archaeological environment is under threat.
Universities are reducing the opportunities to teach and those that remain are becoming un-affordable for ordinary people.
You can't take an archaeology GCSE any more and the government has decided Humanities degrees like archaeology don't have an economic value.
Motions to weaken national and local planning requirements seriously compromise irreplacable archaeological information about our past.
Local Authority archaeologists and museum curators, the foundation and gateway to local knowledge about our past, are being made redundant.
The Council for British Archaeology, the bridge between professional and community archaeology is facing a disproportionate cut in its funding which threatens its existence.
Where will this end?
We contest that our historic environment will be greatly impoverished if this is allowed to go on so we have created "The Legacy Campaign"
Legacy Manifesto
"The Legacy Campaign" is the mouthpiece for the community of UK Archaeologists
The Legacy Campaign is not affiliated to any political party, commercial company or existing archaeological organisation. It is membership led and volunteer driven and has three simple aims...
1 Promote and nurture archaeology and the historic environment for the betterment of communities and the nation.
2 Ensure proper regard of the archaeological environment in national and local authority planning decisions
3 Foster communities of inquisitive, interested, committed people of all ages and backgrounds, and ensure people have the chance to participate in archaeology, now and in the future
Archaeology has never been more popular.
Today you can watch archaeology and history on television 24/7. TV Channels are dedicated to it and surveys reveal that one in five of the population watch a heritage programme every week.
Archaeologists explore fundamental human questions such as ‘who am I and where do I come from?’ We work like detectives using ingenuity and high tech science, and just like the best kind of police thriller, there is a twist and turn at every juncture.
Our work enables people of all ages and backgrounds to be in touch with their roots, and in the landscapes our forebears developed. Archaeologists allow you to meet your ancestors, discover where your family came from and even tell where a person grew up by examining their teeth. We can also look for answers to the big questions like how diseases developed and how we have developed as a species. We help preserve important buildings and we discover and record archaeological landscapes. We can give back the names and identities to those who died in war zones and Forensic Archaeologists help bring criminals to justice.
Every year millions of us engage with the archaeological environment, we visit sites and museums, take part in themed festivals and living history events, attend talks and walks, go metal detecting and report finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and take part in excavations, all of which rely on the skills and commitment of archaeologists.
The threat to archaeology
The archaeology below our feet belongs to us all but it takes training and experience to recognize it, care for it, and learn from it. Today the archaeological environment is under threat.
Universities are reducing the opportunities to teach and those that remain are becoming un-affordable for ordinary people.
You can't take an archaeology GCSE any more and the government has decided Humanities degrees like archaeology don't have an economic value.
Motions to weaken national and local planning requirements seriously compromise irreplacable archaeological information about our past.
Local Authority archaeologists and museum curators, the foundation and gateway to local knowledge about our past, are being made redundant.
The Council for British Archaeology, the bridge between professional and community archaeology is facing a disproportionate cut in its funding which threatens its existence.
Where will this end?
We contest that our historic environment will be greatly impoverished if this is allowed to go on so we have created "The Legacy Campaign"
Legacy Manifesto
"The Legacy Campaign" is the mouthpiece for the community of UK Archaeologists
The Legacy Campaign is not affiliated to any political party, commercial company or existing archaeological organisation. It is membership led and volunteer driven and has three simple aims...
1 Promote and nurture archaeology and the historic environment for the betterment of communities and the nation.
2 Ensure proper regard of the archaeological environment in national and local authority planning decisions
3 Foster communities of inquisitive, interested, committed people of all ages and backgrounds, and ensure people have the chance to participate in archaeology, now and in the future