View from the trench edge: reflections on working conditions in commercial archaeology
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 13/02/2021

The principal aim of the National Planning Policy Framework is to achieve sustainable development across the country, meeting ‘the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’, through a series of economic, social and environmental objectives. How do those same categories shape up when considering the sustainable development of the professional field archaeologist affected directly by those planning regulations? This paper presents a number of elements from each category, covering aspects such as wages, project budgets, public interaction, camaraderie, shift-working and health and safety.

ALISON TELFER, MOLA