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The Europae Archaeologiae Consilium (Latin for Council of Europe’s Archaeology), or EAC, is a European organisation of the heads of the national services for the archaeological heritage.

The primary objectives of the EAC are the exchange of information between the organizations who are in charge of the archaeological heritage management in the Council of Europe member states, and the development of common standards and strategies.

History
Forerunner of the EAC was an expert committee charged by the Council of Europe to develop the European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage. After the convention was ratified in 1992, the committee continued its work, e. g. in the Council of Europe's Bronze Age Campaign. The personal network resulting from these years of international cooperation led to the foundation of an association to support further projects such as the European Landscape Convention (or Florence Convention). The inaugural meeting of the EAC took place at the Council of Europe in Strasburg on 25 November 1999. In contrast to other associations like the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) the EAC does not represent a community of individual archaeologists. Its only members are the national legal authorities who are in charge of the management of archaeological heritage. The EAC primarily focuses on issues of heritage management. At the Committee of Ministers, the EAC has the status of an NGO observer member in the Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage (CDPAT).

Objectives
The objectives of the EAC as expressed at its foundation are:
 * to promote collaboration between the legal bodies in charge of the management of the archaeological heritage within Europe
 * to provide a platform for discussions and information exchange for all the institutions active in the field of archaeological heritage
 * to observe the political developments in Europe concerning the archaeological heritage, and to give advice on these issues, especially to the European Union and the Council of Europe
 * to promote the protection, management, scientific interpretation, publication, presentation and understanding of archaeological remains
 * to collaborate with other institutions sharing equivalent aims

The EAC addresses its goals in different domains of society. It strives to raise the awareness of the value of the archaological heritage in politics as well as in the broader public, such that political decisions would take better account of archaeology. The professional quality of archaeology shall be ensured by high pan-European quality standards. Currently, the development of common guidelines for the gathering and archival storage of archaeological data is in progress. Finally, European collaboration in scientific research shall make it possible to explore subjects of common particular concern and to enable pan-European research programs.

Special workgroups of the EAC are concerned with topics of particular importance such as Underwater archaeology, the impact of farming and modern land management on the archaeological resource, large-scale excavations, aerial archaeology and questions of archival storage.

Members
Members of the EAC must be bodies charged by law with the archaeological heritage. Only one full member per country is allowed. The domicile of the EAC is in Brussels.

Member countries of the Europae Archaeologiae Consilium are:

The United Kingdom is represented in the EAC by English Heritage, Ireland by the National Monuments Service.

Periodic Activities
During its annual meeting the EAC organizes a General Assembly of its members and a symposium dedicated to a specific issue concerning the archaeological heritage management. The proceedings of the symposium are published in the EAC occasional papers.