9th November 2005, 11:49 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by troll
How do other nations treat their heritage? What systems are in place and do they work?
On another website, I recently saw a quote from an American archaeologist "if you think we have it bad here guys, just look at what goes on in the UK".
I don`t appreciate being ashamed of the system in my country of birth.
Without a context for this I can't give an opinion - what is so bad? Just to get some balance (and not being a nationalistic archie), there are good reasons for being proud of archaeology in the UK. In the USA they may do some things better, like paying more attention to topsoil artefacts, but there is a horrible entrenchment for digging sites in a planum method. Indeed, Dr Ed Harris has received some severe criticism over the years for his single context and matrix system. Planum excavation is also very common outside the UK, even in European countries with a long archaeological fieldwork pedigree. Tim, what's the situation in Switzerland?