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whether professional or avocational – are in regular contact. With increasing professional capacity and more and more suitably qualified and competent archaeologists available worldwide, the project director should always be present on site unless there is a significant reason for this absence.
The bottom line is that the responsibility for the intervention and its results lies with the project director. The archaeologist thus controls the work being executed. He or she must be on site to ensure that the project is undertaken to the appropriate standard and according to the agreed project design.
Project Staff
Rule 23. All persons on the project team shall be qualified and have demonstrated compe- tence appropriate to their roles in the pro- ject.
Most of what has been said about archaeological qualifications and competence is applicable not only to the archaeologist directing a project but also to each member of any team planning an intervention in underwater heritage. The individual qualifications and competence of each team member are as impor- tant to the success of an intervention as those of the project director.
 © E. Khalil. Project team
from the Alexandria Centre
for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage on their way to dive.
Each team member involved in an underwater archaeological project should be qualified
and competent to fullfil the assigned tasks.The success of
an intervention depends equally much on all team members as on the project director.
Competence and qualifications