Many countries in northern Europe have seen a huge expansion in development-led archaeology over the past few decades. Legislation, frameworks for heritage management and codes of practice have developed along similar but different lines. The Valetta Convention has had considerable impact on spatial planning and new legislation on archaeological heritage management within EC countries as well as on the funding, nature and distribution of archaeological fieldwork. For the first time these 12 papers bring together data on developer-led archaeology in Britain, Ireland, France, the Low Countries, Germany and Denmark in order to review and evaluate key common issues relating to organisation, practice, legal frameworks and quality management.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• 1. Introduction: development-led archaeology in northwest Europe
• 2. Serving two masters: Dutch archaeology since the Valletta Convention
• 3. Development-led archaeology in Flanders: the legal framework
• 4. Development-led archaeology in Flanders: an overview of practices and results in the period 1990–2010
• 5. L’archéologie préventive en France: le cadre réglementaire et son application
• 6. Development-led archaeology in Germany: the legal framework
• 7. Archaeology and infrastructure projects in Germany
• 8. Development-led archaeology in Denmark
• 9. Frameworks for development-led archaeology in England
• 10. Development-led archaeology in the United Kingdom: a view from AD 2010
• 11. Frameworks for development-led archaeology in Ireland
• 12. Development-led archaeology in France
• Postscript: recorded time
• English summaries
• Résumés français
• Deutsche Zusammenfassungen