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Appointment to Treasure Trove Advisory Panel
06/01/2004
The appointment of a new Chair to the Treasure Trove
Advisory Panel was announced today.
Prof Ian Ralston will serve for four years from January
1, 2004 to December 31, 2007. The post is part time and is
not remunerated.
Welcoming the appointment, Culture Minister Frank
McAveety said:
"The new Chair will bring his considerable experience to
the Treasure Trove Advisory Panel.
"The new Chair will have a crucial role in leading the
Panel following on from the recently completed review of
the Treasure Trove Advisory Panel in Scotland. I look
forward to working with him."
The Treasure Trove Advisory Panel advises the Crown's
representative in Scotland on whether finds of historical
items, made by members of the public, should be acquired on
behalf of the nation for allocation to a Scottish museum.
The Panel also advises on payments to the finder.
Professor Ian Ralston is a practicing field
archaeologist. He has been employed as a University-based
academic since 1974, currently at the University of
Edinburgh. His research and teaching career has focussed
on the archaeology of Britain (especially Scotland) and on
temperate Europe (more especially France).
He has directed field work since 1977 and has published
reports in both Scotland and France. He has also published
extensively on Scottish pre and protohistory, most recently
(as editor and contributor) Scotland after the Ice Age
(with K. J. Edwards, Edinburgh University Press, 2003). He
is currently Non-Executive Chair of CFA Archaeology Ltd and
has served as president of the Council for Scottish
Archaeology (1996-2000).
The Treasure Trove Advisory Panel is a small specialist
Panel which gives
independent advice to the Queen's and Lord
Treasurer's Remembrancer, the Crown's representative in
Scotland. The Chair and Panel Members are appointed by
Scottish Ministers. The Panel consists of up to five
Members including the Chair.