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The 2002 Conference at New Lanark

The Independent Archaeologist - A Threatened Species?



On Saturday May 18th May 2002 the Council for Independent Archaeology
presented a one day conference on the subject "The Independent Archaeologist - A Threatened Species?"

The conference showcased the work of Independent Archaeologists in the UK and principally in Scotland.

The meeting was hosted by Lanark and District Archaeological Society in New Lanark. After a welcome by Jim Arnold, the Director of New Lanark Heritage Centre and Andrew Selkirk, Chairman of the CIA, the delegates heard a number of varied presentations.


Cracking the Egg - Getting Funding


Elizabeth Henderson - ALVO - specialist in Lottery Funding

Roy Friendship Taylor - The funding of the Piddington Roman Villa Project

Malcolm Alyett - Funding sources for the Border Archaeological Society

Pam Hudson - Funding and the Scottish Council of Archaeology

Report Writing


Robin Murdoch (EAFS) - The publication of Fast Castle

Edwina Proudfoot - Publishing the Scottish Churches Project

Ron Page - Publishing the excavation report of the Blackfriars site in Stirling

Emma Carver - Publishing and the Scottish Archaeological Forum

Law and Ethics

Andrew Selkirk

New Technology

Eric Houlder - the Pros and cons of Digital Photography

Kevan Fadden - the Resistivity Meter in Action

Ian Borthwick/Ed Archer - Using GPS

ACFA - Using an EDM

Societies

Recent Work of the Vindolanda Trust

Border Archaeological Society

Tam Ward - Recent work of the Biggar Museum Trust

Edwina Proudfoot - Fieldwalking with the Buteshire Archaeological Society


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