Rescue Archaeology was a movement of the early 1970's which sought to lobby to help stop the loss of archaeological evidence by building development work in the historical Cities and from agriculture particularly in Britain.
The focus of early work was in setting up organisations that could undertake 'rescue' excavations in the teeth of the bulldozer. Called Salvage Archaeology in the United States.
Later on the need to conserve archaeology in the ground became more apparent.
