Archaeological practice in the UK produces considerable amounts of reportage that is never intended for formal publication. This grey literature forms a resource which has, historically, been poorly used by academic archaeologists, and... more
Archaeological practice in the UK produces considerable amounts of reportage that is never intended for formal publication. This grey literature forms a resource which has, historically, been poorly used by academic archaeologists, and problems of access have been blamed for this. This paper argues that this problem does not lie with accessing the resource, but has been of awareness, attitude, and understanding. Structures are now in place which can allow the comprehensive interpretation and reinterpretation of fieldwork results by any archaeologists who choose to do so. La pratique de l’archéologie au Royaume-Uni génère de nombreux reportages qui ne sont jamais destinés à la publication officielle. Cette littérature grise forme une source d’information qui, par le passé, a été mal utilisée par les archéologues universitaires, qui ont reproché des problèmes d’accès. Cette étude soutient que ce problème ne se situe pas au niveau de l’accès aux sources d’information, mais au niveau de la prise de conscience, de l’attitude et de la compréhension. Les structures sont désormais en place pour permettre une interprétation générale et une nouvelle interprétation des résultats des travaux sur le terrain par les archéologues qui choisissent de le faire. La práctica arqueológica en el Reino Unido produce gran cantidad de material informativo que nunca se destina a su publicación formal. Esta literatura gris supone un recurso que, históricamente, ha sido desaprovechado por los arqueólogos académicos, de lo cual se ha responsabilizado a los problemas de acceso. En este trabajo se argumenta que el problema no reside en el acceso al recurso, sino más bien en la falta de concienciación, actitud y compresión. Ya existen estructuras que permiten la interpretación y reinterpretación exhaustiva de los resultados de campo por parte de cualquier arqueólogo que lo desee.
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Professional archaeology in England is funded from a variety of sources. This chapter of Cultural Trends presents research tracing the route by which this has developed, examining and quantifying the sources of funding for professional... more
Professional archaeology in England is funded from a variety of sources. This chapter of Cultural Trends presents research tracing the route by which this has developed, examining and quantifying the sources of funding for professional archaeological practice in 2000. This is the first study to quantify archaeological funding from all sources in the last decade.Since 1990, governmental planning advice has