25th October 2007, 10:45 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR Host
"An archaeologist is defined as a person who studies ancient cultures by the examination of ancient remains .. and as ancient is defined as very old it is only to be used for study in Britian of remians prior to the Roman Empire..."
Any chance of finding out from the architect what he thinks the correct definition of a person who studies the remains of cultures that post-date the Roman period is then? If he would argue that the people who excavated Viking York or Medieval Winchester (for example) were not archaeologists, what would he term them?