company limited by guarantee industry archaeology cultural heritage founded may 1 1979 1979 05 01 headquarters salisbury uk number of locations salisbury rochester sheffield edinburgh as of june 2011 update services services list archaeological survey excavation coastal and marine archaeology archaeological computing heritage management rescue archaeology archaeological consultancy post excavation analysis number of employees 120 2012 1 website www.wessexarch.co.uk wessex archaeology is a company with limited liability registered in england no. 1712772 and is a registered charity in england and wales no. 287786 ; and in scotland scottish charity no . sc042630 . contents 1 background 2 charitable aims 3 notable staff 4 references 5 external links background edit founded in 1979 as the wessex archaeological committee its name changed in 1983 to the trust for wessex archaeology 2 and became one of the first rescue archaeology units in the country focussing on the rich concentration of sites in and around salisbury plain . in 2005 its name changed again to wessex archaeology limited 3 trading as wessex archaeology . since the advent of developer funded archaeology with ppg 16 and its successor pps5 it has expanded its commercial operations across the uk with offices in rochester sheffield . wa opened its scottish office in edinburgh in the spring of 2010 . it includes a large marine archaeology department . further regional offices were opened in wales and bristol in 2014 . charitable aims edit wessex archaeology is a registered charity with stated aims to promote the advancement of the education of the public in the subjects of culture arts heritage and science through the pursuit of archaeology . 4 the results of its archaeological investigations are lodged with local authorities and an increasing number can now be accessed online via wessex archaeology s website or via the archaeology data service s oasis index . 5 notable staff edit phil harding of archaeological television programme time team works for wessex archaeology . 6 references edit charity commission . wessex archaeology registered charity no. 287786 . wessex archaeology . a history of wessex archaeology . retrieved 7 june 2011 . companies house . company information . retrieved 7 june 2011 . charity commission . england & wales 287786 ; scottish charity no . sc042630 wessex archaeology registered charity no . england & wales 287786 ; scottish charity no . sc042630 check url value help . archaeology data service . wessex archaeology unpublished fieldwork reports grey literature library . . retrieved 7 june 2011 . ice age axes found in north sea . bbc news . 10 march 2008 . retrieved 24 january 2011 . external links edit wessex archaeology retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wessex archaeology & oldid 697829852 categories archaeological organisationscharities based in wiltshirewessex1979 establishments in englandorganizations established in 1979hidden categories pages with url errorsarticles containing potentially dated statements from june 2011all articles containing potentially dated statementspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 january 2016 at 05 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view