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avocational team members should be encouraged to explore their potential and develop their skills.
Whatever its composition, the project team is the vehicle that will deliver the project objectives, and as such, is a particularly important aspect of any project planning, which, if neglected, has dire consequences for the archaeological record.
Ensuring the enjoyment of
the public
The growing trend of requiring the presence of a qualified archaeologist and a competent project team has not been greeted with universal enthusiasm. It may mean the end to interventions by purely commercial enterprises, with so-called experience in ‘investigating’ underwater heritage, and has been met with accusations that archaeologists are being given exclusive rights to own and control a public asset.
 © National Museum of Underwater Archaeology. ARQUA. Special visit for kids with costumes and theatre performances at the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology ARQUA, Cartagena, Spain.
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Competence and qualifications