12th October 2009, 03:51 PM
Landscape is dynamic and constantly changing and I think it would be arrogant of us to claim greater ownership of it than non-archaeologists/historians. However, I don't agree with the removal of mosaics from roadside sites in the Med as souvenirs (as my mum once did, much to my horror) or the leaving of signatures scratched into the stones of prehistoric sites. I think there is a fine line between vandalism and continuing use and evolution of a landscape.