25th January 2007, 03:00 PM
âIt was put to me recently that history/archaeology/heritage was much better at preserving things than people, for example world heritage site status is sometimes a mixed blessing for those living nearby.â
I would possibly have answered that I would prefer to separate archaeology from history/heritage/heritage management and suggest that archaeology was not intended to preserve things or people. Where archaeology had been cited I would suggest intellectual fraud.
(I see certain civil servants as âpension scamsâ and see farmer as a redundant term that has had its day probably most aptly suited to late 19th century to mid twentieth century small holders.)
I would possibly have answered that I would prefer to separate archaeology from history/heritage/heritage management and suggest that archaeology was not intended to preserve things or people. Where archaeology had been cited I would suggest intellectual fraud.
(I see certain civil servants as âpension scamsâ and see farmer as a redundant term that has had its day probably most aptly suited to late 19th century to mid twentieth century small holders.)