Back in 1996, budget cuts eliminated the job of State Archaeologist. Now, according to the Virginian-Pilot, the job is about to come back via HB 2078. With all this surplus floating around and the Jamestown 2007 celebration coming up, who wants the state to be shorthanded in archaeology?
The last State Archaeologist, Catherine Slusser, is still around, according to the article, serving the Department of Historical Resources. She describes the untenable ongoing situation with archaeology budget cuts: “Few Virginia employees have attended national conferences.”
