中国考古志愿活动发展刍议

Brief Study on the Development of Archaeological Voluntary Activities in China

我国的考古志愿活动有较长的历史和复杂的背景。群众性的考古志愿活动作为文物事业群众工作的构成部分,始于建国之初,至今仍然发挥一定作用。而真正意义上的考古志愿活动,则是作为公众考古的一种实践由考古研究机构发起并组织的,是近十年出现的新事物,也是目前考古志愿活动的主流模式。过去的实践为考古志愿活动进一步开展提供了宝贵的经验,也暴露出一些需要解决的问题。在志愿服务规范化、制度化、法制化的新形势下,为了满足公众和考古工作自身需求,考古研究机构作为当前考古志愿活动的主导方,应在成功案例的基础上继续探索。

Volunteer archaeology as mass work in the field of cultural heritage management has existed for many years,although never be known by that name.Its roots lie in in the tradition of amateur work of antiquity andhistory,and is still carried on nowadays.In last ten years,the form of volunteer archaeology has been changed.It is now well known as a practice of public archaeology,which is usually organized and operated by some institutes of archaeology.To meet the need of public and the development of archaeology itself better,archaeologicalestablishments should make adjustment on volunteer archaeology.