The
Chartered
Institute
for
Archaeologists
Code
of
Conduct published
December
2014
1.6
A
member
shall
know
and
comply
with
all
laws
applicable
to
his
or
her
archaeological
activities
whether
as
employer
or
employee,
and
where
appropriate
with
national
and
international
treaties,
conventions
and
charters
including
annexes
and
schedules.
1.7
A member shall not knowingly
be
employed
by,
or
otherwise
contract
with,
an
individual
or
entity
where
the
purpose
of
the
contract
is
directly
to
facilitate
the
excavation
and/or
recovery
of
items
from
archaeological
contexts
for
sale,
and
where
such
sale
may
lead
to
the
irretrievable
dispersal
of
the
physical
and/or
intellectual
archive,
or
where
such
sale
may
result
in
an
undispersed
archive
to
which
public
access
is
routinely
denied.
Those clauses were inserted in 2010 in the wake of the archaeologist-"assisted" detecting rally at Water Newton/Durobrivae carried live on the One Show, to prevent a repetition.
ReplyDeleteIt was ticklish though. They had to add an additional provision: "Members may be employed by or contract with, or participate in, projects approved by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.". Can't have all the FLOs slung out can we!