Artefact Hunting and Archaeological Responsibility - in Blog form

Artefact Hunting and Archaeological Responsibility
 (https://archaeologywassat.blogspot.com/)

Front Matter
banner/title page: Archaeology and Responsible Artefact Collecting

Introducing Tamara Kroftova

Archaeological Record ( Historic Cornwall ) 

Contents

1.0 Introduction 

1.2: What is "Responsibility"? 

1.3: The Problem 

1.4: About this Resource 

2.1: What is archaeology? 

2.2: What archaeologists study 

2.3: 'Digging Up Old Things' is not Archaeology 

2.4: 'Collecting Old Things' is not Archaeology 

2.5: Some Differences Between Archaeology and Relic Collecting 

2.6: Artefacts and Archaeological Context 

3.1: The Archaeological Record 

3.2: Archaeological Context 

3.3: Archaeological layers 

3.4: 'Deposits' 

3.5: Archaeological Sites 

3.6 Topsoil Assemblages 

3.7: Cultural Landscapes 

4.1 What the archaeological record looks like in the Ground 

4.2: How The Archaeological Record Forms 

4.3: Worm Sinkage 

4.4: 'One-Layer sites'

5.1: Artefact Hunting on Stratified Sites 

5.2: Archaeological Excavation Reading List 

6.1: Surface Sites  

6.2: Surface Survey: Investigating Cultural Landscapes   

6.3: The Characteristics of Surface Sites 

6.4: Lithic Scatters 

6.5: Fieldwork on Surface Sites 

6.6: Surface Survey with Metal Detectors 

6.7: Surface Survey According to 'Our Portable Past' 

6.8: A Surface Survey Reading List 

7.1: Interpreting and Documenting Archaeological Information 

7.2: The Archaeology Skills Passport

8.1: The "Responsible Artefact Collector" 

8.2: A Code of Ethics for Collectors of Ancient Artefacts 

8.3: Acquiring and Documenting Title 

8.4: Selling Archaeological Finds 

8.5: Selling 'Scrap Metal' 

9.1: Curating Archaeological Information as a Personal Collection 

9.2: Curation - Storage and Preservation of a Collection 

9.3: Curation - Documentation of Artefact Collections 

9.4: Curation - Access to Information 

9.5: Curation - Collection management 

9.6: Curation: Disposal of a Collection 

10.1: A 'Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting'
10.2: Commercial Artefact Hunting 
10.3: Commercial Artefact Hunting Rallies   
10.4: RESCUE policies for the future

11: Summary