It could happen here

Writer and publisher John Howland from England warns what could be happening here if archeologists get their way.

BEWARE! It starts like this and costs taxpayers...millions. You might even call it 'Al Capone Archaeology'. It works like this:- Step 1. Blame groups (usually detectorists, or 4x4 enthusiasts) as being a 'threat' to the heritage. Lobby politicians hard. Step 2. Enact laws that ALL groundwork SHALL NOT be carried out unless archaeological excavations are completed. Expenses for this work is 'absorbed' by the developer. Archaeologists worm their way as advisors to the lawmakers! Step 3. Archaeologists then form themselves into 'for-profit excavation companies' offering a range of pre and post-excavation work to developers, that developer's MUST use to the satisfaction of........archaeologists! 

Peter Tompa ('Archaeological Lobby Goes for the Gold?') presciently shows that current moves by archeologists in our country may be the thin end of the wedge  which may lead to the introduction of such an undemocratic and Unconstitutional system into the USA too. We must stop the rot, and resist the perverse influence of English archeology.