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TheUnitedKingdom(sometimesreferredtoasBritain)hasalongandrich
historyofhumansettlement.Tracesofbuildings,tools,andartcanbefound
fromperiodsgoingbackmanythousandsofyears:fromtheStoneAge,throughthe
BronzeAge,theIronAge,thetimeoftheRomancolonization,theMiddleAges,
uptothebeginningsoftheindustrialage.Yetformostofthetwentieth
century,thescienceofarchaeology,dedicatedtouncoveringandstudyingold
culturalartifacts,wasfacedwithseriousproblemsandlimitationsin
Britain.
First,manyvaluableartifactswerelosttoconstructionprojects.The
growthofBritainspopulation,especiallyfromthe1950son,spurredalotof
newconstructioninBritishcities,towns,andvillages.Whiledigging
foundationsfornewbuildings,thebuildersoftenuncoveredarchaeologically
valuablesites.Usually,however,theyproceededwiththeconstructionanddid
notpreservetheartifacts.Manyarchaeologicallypreciousartifactswere
thereforedestroyed.Second,manyarchaeologistsfeltthatthefinancialsupport
forarchaeologicalresearchwasinadequate.Formostofthetwentiethcentury,
archaeologywasfundedmostlythroughgovernmentfundsandgrants,whichallowed
archaeologiststoinvestigateahandfulofthemostimportantsitesbutwhich
lefthundredsofotherinterestingprojectswithoutsupport.Furthermore,
changinggovernmentprioritiesbroughtaboutperiodicreductionsinfunding.
Third,itwasdifficulttohaveacareerinarchaeology.Archaeologyjobs
weretobefoundatuniversitiesorwithafewgovernmentagencies,butthere
werenevermanypositionsavailable.Manypeoplewhowantedtobecome
archaeologistsendeduppursuingothercareersandcontributingto
archaeologicalresearchonlyasunpaidamateurs.
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In1990,newrulesandguidelineswere