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Priority scores for archaeological evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Bowden*
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Line Building, Haymarket Lane, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU

Extract

The new Monuments Protection Programme (Darvill et al. 1987; the November 1987 ANTIQUITY) will depend heavily on scoring systems to assess the relative value of different monuments and areas. Here are some comments by someone else with experience of scoring sites.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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