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It certainly means, however, that the project design should be made available to the wider archaeological community. As in all sciences, discussion and debate are the basis for developing new knowledge and understanding. Since a project design should outline scientific and practical objectives, as well as the methodology to achieve these, discussion on these issues should not be avoided. On the contrary, it is important that these be available for peer scrutiny, now and in the future.
Developing and assessing a project
Rule 10. The project design shall include:
(a) an evaluation of previous or preliminary studies;
(b) the project statement and objectives;
(c) the methodology to be used and the techniques
to be employed;
(d) the anticipated funding;
(e) an expected timetable for completion of the
project;
(f) the composition of the team and the
qualifications, responsibilities and experience
of each team member;
(g) plans for post-fieldwork analysis and other
activities;
(h) a conservation programme for artefacts
and the site, in close cooperation with the
competent authorities;
(i) a site management and maintenance policy
for the whole duration of the project;
(j) a documentation programme;
(k) a safety policy;
(l) an environmental policy;
(m)arrangements for collaboration with
museums and other institutions, in particular
scientific institutions;
(n) report preparation;
(o) deposition of archives, including underwater
cultural heritage that is removed; and
(p) a programme for publication.
 © M. Harpster. An archaeolo- gist setting a reflector on an archaeological site at the Cilaes Island during the Karpaz Maritime Heritage Programme near Karpaz Peninsula, Cyprus.
The scientific and practical objectives of the project design for the programme were to assess, document, and catalogue underwater sites along the coastline of northern Cyprus in order to advance their protection. In view of achieving these objectives the outline of the methodology provided that the team should use a total station on land to survey and map sites in shallow water.
In line with the project design,
the team member has set
the reflector pole next to an amphora fragment on the seabed, distinguished by the painted and numbered stone label placed there during the survey earlier
in the day. Both her head and
the reflector head are above the water.
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Project Design