Consultation on the Curating the Palaeolithic project, which produced guidance and case study documents that sought to explain the importance of the English Palaeolithic record in its Pleistocene context, and outline best practices for protecting it through the planning process, illustrated by case studies from across the country. The project documents can be found here: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/curating-the-palaeolithic/
The documents were published online on 9th January 2023, and they are now seeking feedback on their impact and usage to date, even if you were not previously aware of them. Survey here Curating the Palaeolithic project: Feedback survey – Fill in form.
All feedback will be treated anonymously. They anticipate that the survey should take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete. The survey is aimed at those employed in development-led archaeology, who have previously and/or currently worked with Palaeolithic and/or Pleistocene remains.
They plan to use your feedback in two ways: (i) to help us revise how we circulate and signpost the documents; and (ii) to inform revisions of the documents. The survey will be open until 31st May 2026 and all feedback will be anonymised. Please try not to include any ‘identifying information’ in your responses (e.g. individual, company or archaeological site names). Any inadvertently included ‘identifying information’ will be removed at the data analysis stage and excluded from any data visualisations (e.g. infographics) or other reporting of the data, to ensure anonymity. Survey feedback will be securely stored on a University of Reading OneDrive account and deleted by the end of 2026. You can opt out at any point prior to submitting the completed on-line survey.
If you have queries or concerns about any aspects of this feedback survey, please contact Rob Hosfield (r.hosfield@reading.ac.uk).