25th July 2010, 12:45 PM
I don't think that producing an interesting narrative from the staid conventions of most UK grey literature is that difficult a task (although I am sure someone will tell us that the time spent will cut into the profitablity of all UK commerical archaeology).
The format used by many online magazines (such as Past Horizons) of uploaded PDFs would seem to me to be ideal for this purpose. Whether provided to school, libraries, record offices etc in digital format or hosted on a dedicated website, I can't see a great deal of cost involved and as both Troll and Tmsarch say its a great way to raise the profile of archaeology and disemminate something of what we do to a wider audience..... The sort of thing that the British Archaeology awards should recognise maybe....
The format used by many online magazines (such as Past Horizons) of uploaded PDFs would seem to me to be ideal for this purpose. Whether provided to school, libraries, record offices etc in digital format or hosted on a dedicated website, I can't see a great deal of cost involved and as both Troll and Tmsarch say its a great way to raise the profile of archaeology and disemminate something of what we do to a wider audience..... The sort of thing that the British Archaeology awards should recognise maybe....
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