01302nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260003600043653002500079653001600104653002200120653001400142653001200156653001500168100002000183700001600203700002000219700001600239245002500255856004900280300001200329520071900341       2019                            d  bPalgrave MacmillanaBasingstoke10aContract archaeology10aarchaeology10aCultural heritage10afieldwork10aQuality10aConditions1 aLisa Börjesson1 aIsto Huvila1 aLisa Börjesson1 aIsto Huvila00aContract archaeology  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94177-6\_6  a107-1223 aThe rapid expansion of contract archaeology as the primary sector of archaeological knowledge-making in many developed countries make it an illustrative example of which effects the organization and re-organization of a particular knowledge-producing sector affects the conditions for how knowledge can be made. The proliferation of contracted extra-mural work in different countries has shown the importance of adequate guidelines and careful consideration of how and what to regulate to reach desirable outcomes. In addition, contract archaeology provides insights into the difficulties of keeping together extra- and intra-mural knowledge-making enterprises even when they share the same outspoken objectives.