The following is a press release from Dan Hull at the CBA:
The Council for British Archaeology is pleased to announce the launch of the exciting new Community Archaeology Forum: CAF. For the first time, community groups across the UK have their own dedicated online resource, enabling them to share the results of their work online using innovative wiki technology.
Users can create pages and upload material to gain a greater profile for their project, to share ideas with others and to start discussions about the interpretation of the material they have found. They may want to look at other projects to get ideas about how to tackle their own archaeological site, building or survey, or simply because they are interested in what others have found.
Some may wish to create a page offering advice to others or disseminating new research on Community Archaeology.
CAF is a developing resource and will, in time, contain advice and guidance pages helping Community Archaeology projects to achieve high standards of research, fieldwork and interpretation. Useful links, suggested reading and other resources can be added.
In the full spirit of Community Archaeology, this is a shared resource to be built collectively by anyone involved in community-related archaeological work. It is not, however, meant as a formal and final repository of archaeological data – merely a forum for displaying and discussing work in progress.
If you’d like to take a look at CAF go to www.britarch.ac.uk/caf. You can also follow the ‘Discussion List’ link to stay in touch with the latest events and opinion in Community Archaeology.
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