Towards a Research Agenda for Welsh Archaeology: Proceedings of the IFA Wales/Cymru Conference, Aberystwyth 2001: Proceedings of the IFA Wales/Cymru Conference, Aberystwyth 2001

The aim of the conference hosted by IFA Wales/Cymru Group was to stimulate debate on a national research strategy for Welsh archaeology. The result was two intensive days of discussion by archaeologists representing all aspects of Welsh archaeology on themes ranging from the need for research frameworks and the organization of Welsh archaeology to initial thoughts regarding what the priorities might be. The 26 papers published here from the conference cover all topical buzzwords in research agenda development – 'sustainability', 'social inclusion', 'joined up thinking', and 'sense of place'. As a result, the volume informs and stimulates constructive debates at all levels – from grass-roots to national. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgements Editorial Abbreviations Introduction: Past and future research strategies in Wales 1. Foreword 2 Pathways to understanding: Research frameworks and the historic environment 3. New structures – new opportunities – sustainable change? 4. Research agenda and strategies from a regional curatorial perspective 5. Chairman’s Introduction: organisation for the future 6. Wales, in an archaeological sense, is an ‘orderly and well-run place’ – where now? 7. The role of Welsh Sites and Monuments Records in developing and implementing research agenda 8. Two into one won’t go – the case for an independent Royal Commission 9. Some potential future structures for Welsh archaeology 10. The way ahead for Royal Commission survey 11. Monument Records at RCAHMW; past, present and future 12. Landscape theory into practice: strategies for the future of historic rural landscapes 13. Environmental archaeology in Wales: potential and priorities 14. Moving the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Wales into the future 15. Finding those who died: priorities for the Neolithic and Bronze Age 16. Inhabiting the landscapes of later prehistory 17. Understanding the Iron Age: towards agenda for Wales 18. Towards research agenda for the Roman period 19. Towards research agenda for Medieval archaeology 20. Researching the familiar past: priorities and opportunities in Post-Medieval archaeology 21. Dendrochronology: progress and prospects 22. The management and recording of historic buildings 23. Partnerships and priorities for the Industrial and Modern periods 24. Archaeological aerial reconnaissance – a strategy for the future 25. Maritime and intertidal archaeology 26. A strategy for raw materials 27. Foundered or founded on rock? – a future for Welsh provenance studies Index National Monuments Record of Wales