Working parties within the Association asses various aspects of European archaeology and notably the profession in order to set priciples to be adhered to by the members and European archaeologists. So far the EAA Membership has approved three codes.

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 Working Parties

• Archaeological Legislation and Organization (WORD)
• EAA and EAC Working Group on farming, forestry and rural land management
• Committee on the Teaching and Training of Archaeologists (PDF)
• The Professional Associations in Archaeology Committee (PDF)
• Committee on the Trade in Cultural Material (PDF)
• Archaeological Archives and Collections in Europe (PDF)
• Archaeology and Gender in Europe (AGE) (PDF)
• Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe 2014 

At Arbury Banks Northamptonshire, ploughing has destroyed medieval ridge and furrow earthworks overlying an Iron Age fortification and is eroding the underlying site. (read more)