ACE was a project that promoted archaeology as a way of gaining new knowledge about the past. The crucial aspect of the project was to promote archaeology as contemporary practice which results might be of interest for the wider public.
The project aimed at promoting archaeology as practice of cultural, scientific, and economic dimensions at a European level. This is the very reason why heritage and archaeological organizations from 10 different European countries were invited to participated in the project. The idea behind the ACE was to build up a network that could offer a comparative analysis of archaeology and the value of the past in the present-day Europe. All activities undertaken within ACE belonged to one of four major thematic axes: 1) ‘Researching the significance of the past’, 2) ‘Comparative practices in archaeology’, 3) ‘The archaeological profession’, 4) ‘Public outreach: invitations to archaeology’.
The project was selected and funded (2008-2012) by the Culture Programme of the European Commission.