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Dalfsen

A Dutch Case Study of Involving the Community by Development-Led Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2018

Henk M. van der Velde  and
Niels Bouma
Henk M. van der Velde*
Affiliation:
ADC ArcheoProjecten, Nijverheidsweg-Noord 114, 3812 PN Amersfoort, Netherlands
Niels Bouma
Affiliation:
ADC ArcheoProjecten, Nijverheidsweg-Noord 114, 3812 PN Amersfoort, Netherlands
*
(h.van.der.velde@archeologie.nl)
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Abstract

This article discusses the way development-led archaeology in the Netherlands disseminates archaeological knowledge to and with the public using the way archaeological projects were designed in Dalfsen (Netherlands) as a case study. In the early days of contract archaeology, which in the Netherlands was designed after the Valetta Convention, archaeologists were primarily concerned with the financial and planning aspects of projects, and there was little room for public archaeology. We suggest that this caused archaeologists to forget to involve the public in their projects. In time, it became almost impossible to rectify this mistake because archaeological contractors became extremely bureaucratic. In the case of Dalfsen, a spectacular project was needed to change this situation. The project, and especially its media value, inspired the municipality to invest in community archaeology and make choices that an archaeologist would not primarily be concerned with. Thus, we discuss the effects of these choices and archaeologists’ actions in this process. We conclude that it is important for archaeologists to act as facilitators because it improves the success rate of community archaeology projects.

Este artículo aborda la manera en que la arqueología comercial en los Países Bajos comparte los resultados con el público, usando como estudio de caso el diseño de proyectos arqueológicos en Dalfsen, un poblado en el este de los Países Bajos. En los primeros años de la arqueología comercial, que en los Países Bajos fue diseñada con base en el convenio de La Valetta, los arqueólogos se enfocaron en la planificación y gestión financiera de los proyectos en el contexto de las obras públicas de gran tamaño, dejando poco espacio para la arqueología pública. La resolución de este problema se complicó porque actuando de esa manera las empresas arqueológicas se volvieron extremadamente burocráticas. El caso de Dalfsen, donde se encontraron los restos de un cementerio de la época megalítica, ha causado un cambio relevante. El grande impacto mediático de los hallazgos ocasionó que el ayuntamiento del mismo pueblo decidiera invertir en un proyecto de arqueología pública. De esa manera se abrió un campo de trabajo antes no conocido, donde los arqueólogos se transformaron de científicos y profesionales del patrimonio en gestores e intérpretes para el público. El artículo describe esta transformación y concluye que el éxito de la arqueología pública depende de las decisiones de los arqueólogos y su voluntad de cambiar la dirección de la profesión.

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Advances in Archaeological Practice , Volume 6 , Special Issue 3: Interpreting and Presenting Archaeology , August 2018 , pp. 187 - 198
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Copyright 2018 © Society for American Archaeology 

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