20th October 2006, 03:29 PM
That English Heritage survey is quite interesting. I think that if you specifically were to ask people 'How important is Heritage?' (v simplified I know) then you are likely to get the replies that English Heritage got, because the phrasing of the questions implies that it should be important (note - important and essential are not the same thing).However, if you were to ask the same people 'What is essential to modern life?' I think very few people would think about archaeology. Sarah, we will have to agree to disagree!