ALB-Historic England-Review of current guidelines and frameworks for the management of Lithic Scatters. (360G-cabinetoffice-GA-255799)

The aim of the project is to update the existing current published guidelines for Managing Lithic Scatters (2000), which although still relevant in explaining what makes a lithic site significant, are based on outdated examples and lack detail on approaches to assessment, mitigation and post-excavation analysis, as well as new techniques and approaches. In this respect, the project also aims to develop new guidance for dealing with lithic scatters outlining recent advances in designation guidance, fieldwork approaches and analysis techniques that have been developed since the previous guidance was published. The project will provide clear and concise guidance for a range of people dealing with lithic scatter sites, especially in a planning or heritage conservation context. This will be supplemented with reference to a selection of case studies, which will be presented in a separate volume. The case studies will outline a range of applications involved in the prospection, recording, excavation, analysis, interpretation and management of the lithic resource, in order to compliment themes addressed in the updated guidance document.