Association of Hungarian Archaeologists EAA Committee on Professional Associations in Archaeology Meeting at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 23rd January 2008 Update on Development of Professional Associations and Issues of Professional Concern Mihály NAGY member of the board of trustees

Update on development Key dates: 25 May 2006: the General Assembly approved the Foundation Charter 4 December 2006: the General Assembly approved the Code of Ethics 6 June 2006: registered by the Court of County Pest 26 November 2007: the General Assembly approved the „Norms” (39 bylaws and guidances)

Members: 323 ordinary (ca. ¾ of active field archaeologists) 6 honorary 7 supporting

Key players in Hungarian archaeology

GOVERNMENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK INTERESTED OR INFLUENCING ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) INTERESTED OR INFLUENCING ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) MINSITRY OF EDUCATION & CULTURE MINISTER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC COLLECTIONS MUSEUMS UNIT LIBRARIES UNITARCHIVES UNIT EUROPEAN REGULATIONS EUROPEAN UNION Directive /337/EEC Directive /11/EC Recommendation 91/337/EEC/ 1991 COUNCIL OF EUROPE European Cultural Convention 1954 Granada Convention 1985 Malta Convention 1992 EUROPEAN UNION Directive /337/EEC Directive /11/EC Recommendation 91/337/EEC/ 1991 COUNCIL OF EUROPE European Cultural Convention 1954 Granada Convention 1985 Malta Convention 1992 NATIONAL REGULATIONS CENTRALPERIPHERAL Act CXL. of 1997 on museums, public libraries, and cultural community services Act LXIV of 2001 on the Protection of Cultural Heritage ministerial decrees Act CXL. of 1997 on museums, public libraries, and cultural community services Act LXIV of 2001 on the Protection of Cultural Heritage ministerial decrees Act LXXVIII of 1997 on Built Environment Act LIII of 1996 on the Protection of Natural Environment Act XLVIII of 1993 on Mining etc. Act LXXVIII of 1997 on Built Environment Act LIII of 1996 on the Protection of Natural Environment Act XLVIII of 1993 on Mining etc. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF ARTS PULSZKY SOCIETY OF MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MUSEUM DIRECTORATES NATIONAL AND LOCAL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TRADE UNION OF WORKERS OF PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND GENERAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL EAA EAC ICOMOS ICCROM ICOM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF ARTS PULSZKY SOCIETY OF MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MUSEUM DIRECTORATES NATIONAL AND LOCAL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TRADE UNION OF WORKERS OF PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND GENERAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL EAA EAC ICOMOS ICCROM ICOM OFFICE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (authority with regional offices) CULTURAL HERITAGE SERVICE BUDAPEST HISTORY MUSEUM 19 COUNTY MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT FOR COORDINATION HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ARCH. INST. OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES UNIVERSITIES (CHAIRS OF ARCH)

Former events

Survey on the state of archaeology

With the advent of large-scale excavations…

…and urban development, new challenges have emerged.

Bottlenecks: planning capacity / authorisation process fieldwork capacity (timing, specialist manpower) storing capacity (public collections) Expectations: make archaeology fast simple transparent (calculable) offer better price/value ratio

Bylaws and guidances of the „Norms” Main objectives: make planners and clients aware that the final goal of archaeology is to share heritage values with the public all activities are part of a project cycle for transparency reasons, all activities must be properly documented

PREPARATION PHASE Appraisal of necessary archaeological intervention Desk-based assessment Preliminary costed assessment of archaeological works Heritage impact assessment (cf. ministerial decree) Calculation of tariffs

AUTHORISATION PROCESS PHASE Brief/project outline (for previous consent of the authority) Specification of excavation works Contract on preliminary excavation Project documentation (for permission of the authority) Preliminary statement of reception (finds archive) Excavation permission Registration of the start of excavation works (at the authority)

DOCUMENTATION OF FIELDWORKS PHASE Registration of new sites (at the heritage authority) Statement of ‘territorially competent museum’ I. Statement of ‘territorially competent museum’ II. Records of area handover I. (at the start of excavations) Excavation site records Records of archaeological watching Investigation and recording of standing buildings or structures Primary inventory of finds Records of area handover II. (after the finishing of excavations) Registration of the finishing of excavation works (authority) Post-excavation assessment/preliminary report Complete (edited) documentation of excavation works (to authority)

INTRAMURAL WORKS PHASE Documentation of scientific processing Statement of reception (finds archive) Records of finds archive handover Inventory Post-excavation project design Documentation of education/exhibition Synopsis Exhibition scenario Documentation of exhibition installation Exhibition publications Educational publications Documentation of preservation Conservation plan Restoration plan Storing plan

Issues of professional concern How to reconcile conflicts of interests How to answer pressures Should archaeology remain a monopoly of museums, or should it be made open for private sector contractors? If yes, on what conditions? What are the roles and responsibilities of ‘territorially competent museums’? How is curatorial work related to excavations? Ownership of finds/contexts? How could we develop a ‘decent’ archaeological career?

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