Session: #508

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
Archaeology and the future of cities and urban landscapes
Session format:
Discussion session: round table

Title & Content

Title:
Urban archaeology on the agenda: starting an EAA Community for Urban Archaeology
Content:
Archaeological remains within highly dynamic urban contexts are under pressure. The economic and time pressures of large-scale developments, combined with the high cost of preserving these remains, mean that archaeological preservation in-situ or ex-situ is often difficult. After the session ‘Managing archaeology in dynamic urban centres’ at the EAA in Maastricht, it became clear this is a pan-European problem and that a platform is needed to discuss these matters to improve the interests of urban archaeology now and for the future. This is the reason we would like to form a community within the EAA on this subject. This round table session will be the start of the community.

The round table session will coincide with the publication of the proceeding of the 2017 Maastricht session. It addresses many different problems and challenges urban archaeologists have to face. In this session first we would like to start with identifying the main issues for urban archaeology and prioritize them. In the second part of the session we will split into smaller groups to discuss the top issues further. This will provide an agenda for action which the EAA Community for Urban Archaeology can take forward in the coming years. We will also determine the organizational structure of the Community.
Keywords:
Urban heritage management community
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no

Organisers

Main organiser:
Doctorandus (Drs.) Jeroen Bouwmeester (Netherlands) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Paul Belford (United Kingdom) 2
Affiliations:
1. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
2. Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust