European preventive archaeology

Sisukord:Kogumikus ilmuvad 2004. a. Vilniuses peetud arheoloogiakonverentsi ettekanded, mille teemaks on preventiivne arheoloogia. Eestit esindab kogumikus Ants Krauti artikkel «Preventive and Rescue Excavations in Estonia. The Involvement of Private Companies». All over Europe the requirements of economic development are rapidly destroying many archaeological sites – the character of this destructive activity and solutions adopted vary among different countries. The papers from fifteen countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Spain together with the European Association of Archaeologists cover the institutional ang legislative background, provide statistical data and information on each country's particular strengths and greatest problems in preventive archaeology, compare theory and practice, and explore forms of existing international cooperation, aspects where European-level cooperative activity is most required. Preventive archaeology is more than development-led archaeology, rescue or salvage excavation – it sees the ideal solution as leaving the archaeological heritage intact. Suggestions and priorities are advanced on where future effort should be concentrated, firmly connected to the Council of Europe's monitoring and observation activities on the European Convention on the Protection on the Archaeological Heritage (Revised) Valletta, 1992.