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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. Association of Hungarian Archaeologists. Mihály NAGY member of the board of trustees.

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Association of Hungarian Archaeologists

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  1. 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 Association of Hungarian Archaeologists Mihály NAGY member of the board of trustees

  2. 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)

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

  4. Key players in Hungarian archaeology

  5. INTERESTED OR INFLUENCING ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) LEGAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT MINSITRY OF EDUCATION & CULTURE EUROPEAN REGULATIONS NATIONAL REGULATIONS 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 MINISTER CENTRAL PERIPHERAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE EUROPEAN UNION Directive 1985 85/337/EEC Directive 1997 97/11/EC Recommendation 91/337/EEC/ 1991 COUNCIL OF EUROPE European Cultural Convention 1954 Granada Convention 1985 Malta Convention 1992 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. DEPARTMENT FOR COORDINATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC COLLECTIONS MUSEUMS UNIT LIBRARIES UNIT ARCHIVES UNIT OFFICE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (authority with regional offices) • BUDAPEST HISTORY • MUSEUM • 19 COUNTY • MUSEUMS • UNIVERSITIES • (CHAIRS OF ARCH) • HUNGARIAN • NATIONAL MUSEUM • ARCH. INST. OF THE • ACADEMY OF SCIENCES • CULTURAL HERITAGE • SERVICE

  6. Former events

  7. Survey on the state of archaeology 1989-1999

  8. With the advent of large-scale excavations…

  9. …and urban development, new challenges have emerged.

  10. 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

  11. 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 properlydocumented

  12. 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

  13. 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)

  14. 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)

  15. 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

  16. 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?

  17. Thank you for your attention. Contacts: Homepage: http://www.regeszet.org.hu E-mail: mrszov@gmail.com Phone: (prefix+36-1)-225-48-20 Fax: (prefix+36-1)-225-48-97

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