With the usual apologies for cross-posting - and a special HISTARCH-oriented apology for the UK spelling of 'artefact' ;)----------------------------------------------------FINDING  THE FAMILIAR II: Retention, Discard, and Sampling Policies for post-1750  ArtefactsUniversity of LeicesterBennett Building Teaching Area 1  (BEN G85 - ground floor)26 March 201110:30am -  4:00pmSponsored by:The Centre for Historical Archaeology  (University of Leicester) and The Finds Research GroupThe material  culture of the industrial age (defined for this workshop as c.1750-c.1940) is  increasingly of interest to British archaeologists, whether working in academia,  museums, or commercial archaeology.   Yet this increased interest comes at a  time when hard-pressed local archives are increasingly reluctant - in some cases  unable - to accept large collections of artefacts from the period of  mass-production and mass-consumption.  Finds from more recent sites (or more  recent levels of multi-pe
 riod sites) therefore often continue to be discarded or  ignored despite the growing level of professional interest.This workshop  addresses this paradox between the growing interest on the artefacts of the more  recent past, and the reluctance of many archives to store them, by bringing  together speakers representing academia, commercial archaeology, and local  museums and archives from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ireland in  order to consider the desirability of developing retention, discard, and  sampling policies for post-1750 artefacts, and how those policies should be  formulated.   A roundtable discussion open to all workshop participants will  close the day.Confirmed speakers as of this writing include:   Alasdair Brooks (University of Leicester)  Charles Cheek (John Milner  Associates, USA)  Nigel Jeffries (Museum of London Archaeology)  Quinton  Carroll (Cambridgeshire County Council)  Yolanda Courtney (Leicestershire  Museums)  Rosanne Meenan (freel
 ance archaeologist, Dublin, Ireland)   Julie Franklin (Headland Archaeology, Edinburgh)The registration fee of  £5 is payable on the day, but attendees are asked to register in advance as  spaces are limited.  To download a PDF of the registration form, please follow  the link at:  >;http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/research/events