Breakdown of 1995-6 expenditure following the framework defined in Exploring our past
Academic objectives1995-96
£
Processes of change
Hunter-gathers: lower Palaeolithic to post glacial347,915.47
Hunter-gathers into Farmers (c 5000-3200 BC)14,203.99
Change and diversification in farming communities (c 2500-2200 BC)70,100.76
Communal monuments into settlement and field landscapes (c 1300-300 BC)89,064.05
Briton into Roman (c 200 BCAD 200)214,653.68
The early Medieval period (c AD 350-700)347,127.43
The Viking Age and late Saxon period66,928.31
Transition from medieval to post-medieval traditions66,076.64
The Industrial Revolution (c AD 1700-1850)42,718.95
Total1,258,789.30

Landscapes
Buried Pleistocene landscapes343,240.96
Relict field systems68,727.60
Towns and their hinterlands123,870.73
Castles and their hinterlands5,991.33
Medieval rural settlement59,546.51
Upland landscapes190,449.75
Thames Valley195,521.42
Total987,348.31

Towns
Towns: survival assessments226,246.38
Post excavation programmes1,283,163.30
The origins and development of the small town25,728.80
Total1,535,138.47

The archaeological study of buildings
The archaeological study of buildings28,629.36
Dendrochronology and historic carpentry25,694.00
Church and Cathedral archaeology270,343.17
The archaeological study of parish churches24,697.41
Total349,363.95

Industrial archaeology
Industrial archaeology72,734.23
Total72,734.23

Patterns of industry and craftsmanship
Patterns of industry and craftsmanship13,174.88
Mine and quarry sites10,028.26
Extraction of raw materials20,955.56
Contrasting urban and rural industries1,066.52
Craft procedures75,179.18
Technical processes58,973.28
Documented industrial sites42,539.82
Manufacture of building materials16,572.43
Total238,489.91

Identifying the resource
Identifying the resource17,831.77
Field techniques23,120.02
Sampling of cropmarks by small-scale excavation30,834.40
Total71,786.19

Identification projects
Wet and waterlogged sites386,950.09
The coastal zone125,581.55
The offshore submerged zone7,000.00
Alluvium120,969.52
Colluvium47,927.53
Unploughed upland36,576.02
Ploughed landscapes143,877.21
Unploughed lowlands54,304.02
Industrial landscapes33,058.46
Total956,244.41

Protecting the resource
Protecting the resource132,963.26
The Monuments Protection Programme62,870.38
Site And Monuments Records80,756.86
Conservation archaeology posts193,769.07
Total470,359.57

Managing the resource
Managing the resource961,152.97
The Survival Assessment Programme249,247.44
Pleistocene deposits106,023.41
Flat cemeteries55,271.86
Total1,371,695.68

Analysing the resource
Regional Reviews154,145.33
Artefact And Environmental Reviews214,197.38
Total368,342.71

Other research objectives2,586,113.37