Soc Hist Archaeol Newsl 26 (4)

The guidelines, based on US federal regulations on the curation of archaeological material, cover artefact cleaning and labelling, storage, documentation, conservation, the selection of a suitable repository, and de-accessioning. No specific recommendations are made for human remains, as these must be treated in accordance with a diversity of laws and religious traditions. See also 94/908.

A plea for a more liberal editorial policies to be adopted by learned journals, such as Historical Archaeology. It is argued that more experimental, post-modern writing styles should be considered academically valid.