When the archaeological community in Wales embarked in 2001 on the challenge of producing an archaeological research framework for the nation, I don't think any of us realised the how willing people would be to work on this.  Progress so far has been achieved with a relatively small budgets but with a massive contribution of time and support from all sectors.


Throughout we have used milestones big and small to give us a focus. Seminars and conferences have provided a place for all to meet and discuss the work of the working groups.  Now in 2010, we are working towards new milestones. By the end of the year we are aspiring to have undertaken a review of the research framework. The Heritage Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government announced last autumn that there would be a review and clarification of priorities for the archaeological research framework by the end of 2010.

In order to achieve this the working groups are being revived to undertake a review of the last five years of research, seeing what has been achieved, what hasn’t and what new questions that may be appearing. The results of these reviews will be available on the website in late spring and presented for discussion at a conference in Bangor in September. Final revisions will be made after the conference and the resulting documents will be available on the website in late December. It is an ambitious target, most of the work being done voluntarily, or supported by employing organisations, but the archaeological community in Wales is still proving to be enthusiastic for the task.  Hopefully this website can play a part in this process.  This blog will give news updates, the documents page will hold working documents as they become available and the  feedback forum gives a chance for everyone to share their thoughts.  Look forward to hearing from you all!
 
Jenny