About us
The Council for Independent
Archaeology aims to promote archaeology that
is done independently of government money, in
the belief that independent archaeologists have
much to contribute by the introduction of fresh
ideas and new approaches.
The council welcomes all sources
of support and help for archaeology, whether
from professionals, academics, amateurs - or
even from those who do not consider themselves
to be archaeologists at all: any millionaire
wishing to take part in archaeology, click
here!
Our main activity at present
is to support amateur archaeologists, principally
local archaeological societies, through the
holding of annual conferences and congresses.
Independents Day 2010 will be held at Waltham Abbey on Saturday the 14th of August 2010 by kind invitation of the Waltham Abbey Historical Society. Local
societies in North London and the Home Counties are invited to make presentations. Offers should be sent to Barbara
Harker, the Hon Sec of the Waltham Abbey Historical Society, wa_hist_soc@yahoo.co.uk, or to Keith Foster the Hon
Sec of the CIA, telephone 01332 704148
The Council for Independent Archaeology holds regular conferences at which local archaeological societies can come together to discuss matters of
mutual interest and to hear of the achievements of other societies.
Two day residential congresses
alternate with one-day conferences which are
entitled Independents Day. The 13th two-day
congress was held on the 28th – 30th August
2009 at Buxton:
click here for a full account. Click
here for pics
Independence Day 2008 was
held at Monmouth
while the 2007 Congress was held in Beverley
in Yorkshire in a meeting hosted by the East
Riding Archaeological society: click
here for details. Earlier conferences are
listed here.
We hold conferences and meetings to bring independent archaeologists together. This is the only national
opportunity for local societies to come together to learn about the problems and achievements of other societies. We hope to see you at one of them - ideas for new
topics for discussion always welcome!
Resistivity Meter
We help local independent archaeologists to do archaeology notably by the production of our low-cost Resistivity
Meter. Production has now ceased, but click here to be put on the waiting list
We encourage
We work for better collaboration between amateurs and professionals - notably in our very
successful 'Valletta' campaign.
Find an archaeological Society
Click here for details of local societies, and advice on where to find suitable digs, on the Current
Archaeology web site.
The Valletta Convention
The Valletta Convention of the Council of Europe appears to aim to outlaw independent archaeology. Read here our analysis of this
deeply flawed Convention.
Background
Click here to read about the background to the council and our past activities
Contact us
Click here to find out who we are.
Last updated: 31st December 2009
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