PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY | A GUIDE FOR CLIENTS 2024 3 COVER IMAGE: A professional archaeologist presenting and discussing the site with the public on an open day (Photo: GUARD Archaeology. See Case study page 28) The Chartered Institute for Archaeologists is a democratic membership organisation and governed by its Royal Charter and by-laws. All correspondence and enquiries should be directed in the first instance to the central office address: Power Steele Building, Wessex Hall, Whiteknights Road, Earley, Reading RG6 6DE United Kingdom Tel 0118 966 2841 Email admin@archaeologists.net Website www.archaeologists.net In the event of a complaint against a member of CIfA or Registered Organisation, provisions exist for the initiation of professional conduct proceedings. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this Guide for clients is current and correct, neither CIfA nor the publishers can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Accordingly the Institute shall not be liable for any loss or damage or other matter arising from the employment or engagement of any such member. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Cathedral Communications Limited. Published, designed and produced by Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Email cifa@cathcomm.co.uk © Copyright 2024 Cathedral Communications Limited CATHEDRAL COMMUNICATIONS ISBN 978 1 912747 20 7 CIfA Client Guide Professional Registers We would like to thank all those who have helped in the compilation of this Guide for clients, our publishers Cathedral Communications who prepared it for publication, and the advertisers who enable it to be produced and mailed at no cost to the Institute. CONTENTS Guidance for clients Archaeology and the historic environment: a quick introduction 5 About the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) 8 The historic environment: a resource and an opportunity 9 Realising economic and public benefits through archaeology 10 Archaeology and economic benefit 11 Archaeology and social value 12 Archaeology, planning policy and legislation 13 Good practice guidance 14 Working on projects outside the UK 14 The role of the professional archaeologist 15 Project types 15 Working with accredited archaeologists and registered organisations 16 Procurement 17 Regulation and professional conduct procedures 17 Professional registers 18 Case studies Sustainable futures: archaeology and social value 19 Lower Thames Crossing – investing in communities Katrina Foxton, MOLA, and Steve Sherlock 20 ‘We can see a castle from our classroom’: Academy9 – an opportunity to deliver social value through archaeology along the A9 road corridor Natasha Ferguson, Elise Christensen and Kevin Mooney 22 Bones & Bytes: raising public awareness about musculoskeletal research with digitised archaeological bone specimens Flora Grö ning and Bruce Mann 26 Cross Tay Link Road – community benefits and social value from archaeological work Warren Bailie and David Strachan 28 The Ripple Effect Leigh Chalmers and Pippa Treavett 31 Useful information The role of local authority archaeologists 34 The role of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 34 Archaeology industry contacts 35 Publications 37 Products and services Products and services 38 Classified section 42 Advertisers index 44
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