Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

Sergey Telizhenko A project to monitor the condition of archaeological Sites & Monuments in the war zone of the Luhansk region (Eastern Ukraine) was organized by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR). Our team was composed of myself,  Sergey Telizhenko (Institute of Archaeology NAS of Ukraine), Olexii Bida ( UHHRU ), Dmytro Koval (Odessa National Academy of Law), and Natalia Kaplun (Luhansk regional museum). The team was augmented by two members of the IPHR group. Together, we worked to gather evidence of artillery shelling of Ukrainian cultural assets and catalogue other damage such as the digging of military trenches, and assess from which group of combatants (Russian or Ukrainian) were responsible for particular damage. For our mission, we chose three districts of the Luhansk region – Stanichno Luhanskii, Novoaidarskii, and Popasnianskii. Also we visited the city of Lisichansk where a large barrow

I have been asked to share and publicise this call by the  Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland seeking individuals who have worked in archaeology on the island of Ireland in the last 12 months. This is a very important survey that seeks to quantify the reality of employment in commercial archaeology at the present time. If you fit the criteria, I urge you to take the few moments necessary to complete the survey. Thank you all, Robert M Chapple **Update: Pay Rates Working Group  Survey has been extended to include anyone who has worked in Irish archaeology (RoI & NI) in the last three years. Deadline for submission is 31st July 2013** *           *           * The Pay Rates Working Group of the IAI are conducting two separate surveys of archaeologists and specialists who have worked for archaeological consultancies. This committee includes members and non-members of the IAI, archaeologists who work at different levels within the consultancy sector. T