Abstract
This article deals with the conflict about the responsibility for costs in connection with contract archaeology. Today, according to Swedish legislation, whoever wants to disturb, move, or destroy an antiquity must pay for the archaeological excavation. The starting point for the article is an empirical case from the province of Östergötland to which an actor perspective is applied. The case is also placed in a context to do with tendencies towards change and the discussion in recent years concerning the cultural heritage and national memory policy. By showing features of continuity and discontinuity in cultural heritage management the author seeks to reveal and reflect on the dilemmas surrounding the legislation, which dates back to the 1940s and is questioned by many.
Highlights
This article deals with the conflict about the responsibility for costs in connection with contract archaeology
Instead, basing myself on the arguments used in the conflict, combined with more general discussions about the cultural heritage and a look into the latest inquiry into contract archaeology, I will examine the question of continuity and discontinuity in cultural heritage management
The starting point for my study is that different actors meet in local contexts concerning cases of contract archaeology
Summary
This article deals with the conflict about the responsibility for costs in connection with contract archaeology. Today, according to Swedish legislation, whoever wants to disturb, move, or destroy an antiquity must pay for the archaeological excavation. The starting point for the article is an empirical case from the province of Östergötland to which an actor perspective is applied. The case is placed in a context to do with tendencies towards change and the discussion in recent years concerning the cultural heritage and national memory policy. By showing features of continuity and discontinuity in cultural heritage management the author seeks to reveal and reflect on the dilemmas surrounding the legislation, which dates back to the r9yos and is questioned by many. Hentage, contract archaeo!ogy, regional authori ti es, !oca!po!itics, enterprise, cost responsihi!ity Key wordst nationa! cu!tura! policy, cu!tura! hentage, contract archaeo!ogy, regional authori ti es, !oca!po!itics, enterprise, cost responsihi!ity
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