9th December 2005, 12:55 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Hugh
I knew there was paranoia within the MD world about PAS, but didn't realise it went as far as that [:0]
I think (personally and I don't mean to offend) that this boils down to the fact that many MDs still don't realise that the artifacts are not all that important, and often us archs couldn't care less about them. It is the context of the artifacts that is important and it is that which many arcaheologists fear that MDs are damaging.
I can?t say I speak for the metal detecting community as a whole so I didn?t want to make people feel like I am a spokesperson for the hobby. I?m not elected in anyway ? I just stand up for what I hear and think. I am sure some people will come back and say words to that effect shortly anyway.
I don?t think we could call it paranoia as I know within your own ranks there are many that feel that the PAS system will be the ?hub? for British Archaeology.
As to offending me? it takes a lot to do that and discussions on metal detecting don?t usually rank it that category until they get personal.
Your opinions regarding context I understand well? but why spend ?8million on a database if you can?t give a fig about them?
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