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Fundamental Modifications to Archaeological Heritage Protection Regulations in Hungary: A Brief Report
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2012
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Continuous changes are happening in the legislation of preventive archaeology in Hungary. The protection of cultural heritage in Hungary is currently regulated by the Cultural Heritage Law Nr. LXIV of 2001, according to which, if an development project endangers an archaeological site and its replanning would raise the budget considerably, preventive excavation is needed. All the costs of the excavation should be covered by the investor, but the financing should be at least 0.9% of the total budget of the project. Normally, the archaeological works covered 1–5% of the overall cost of the constructions. This law made possible the complete excavation, documentation, deposition, and primary study of the finds endangered by the development.
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2. Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Hivatal (KÖH) ⟨http://www.koh.hu/index.php⟩.
4. Nemzeti Erőforrrás Minisztérium (NEFMI) ⟨http://www.nefmi.gov.hu/main.php⟩.
7. The text of this draft law is available in Hungarian language in the following link: ⟨http://www.parlament.hu/irom39/03486/03486-0013.pdf⟩.
8. Association of Hungarian Archaeologists (Magyar Régész Szövetség), Organization of the Hungarian Museum Directors (MMISZ).
9. Hungarian National Museum, National Cultural Heritage Centre (NÖK), County Museums and Museums, Excavation Committee (Ásatási Bizottság) ⟨http://www.koh.hu/tartalom.php?idt=20081013213622⟩, which is part of National Office of Cultural Heritage, Archaeological Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ⟨http://mta.hu/cikkek/regeszeti-bizottsag-112541⟩.
10. The text of the letters are public and online in Hungarian ⟨http://www.regeszet.org.hu/⟩ and English ⟨http://www.regeszet.org.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=43⟩.
11. ⟨http://www.regeszet.org.hu/⟩.
15. ⟨http://hangtar.radio.hu/kossuth#!#2011-10-10⟩, ⟨http://www.klubradio.hu/klubmp3/klub20111011-135855.mp3⟩
16. ⟨http://safecorner.savingantiquities.org/⟩, ⟨http://archaeologik.blogspot.com/2011/10/protest-against-hungarian-cultural.html⟩; ⟨http://archaeologik.blogspot.com/2011/10/archaologen-protest-gegen-neue.html⟩, ⟨http://archaeologik.blogspot.com/2011/10/archaeological-heritage-is-in-extreme.html⟩, ⟨http://archaeologik.blogspot.com/2011/10/neues-gesetz-gefahrdet-archaologische.html⟩.
19. Ferenc Móra: Utazás a föld alatti Magyarországon. Budapest 1935.
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