15th December 2006, 11:46 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Unitof1
".. in all cases the archaeologists are employed by the developer and the archaeologists being quite contemptuous of landowners and the ownership of archaeology, are all too happy to play along."
Most if not all commercial archaeological projects are funded by the developer (who may/may not also be the land owner (red text)) so there is little difference in this part of the point against 'standard' commercial projects. In any case under the terms of a normal project ownership of the retrieved archaeological artefacts and (normally, perhaps with a short terms restriction on release) records of any deposits/features would pass to the receiving museum (copyright stays with the contractor with right of reproduction passed to the museum and client depending on the contract for normal projects). With regard to feelings of contempt, this really should be nipped in the bud by the archaeological contractor or consultant because there really isn't any need for animosity.
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