20th August 2010, 08:56 AM
With regard to 'public access' to archaeological site information, an example (Manby 2003, 121):-
"Since the publication of Cathy Stoertz's survey [Ancient Landscapes of the Yorkshire Wolds], metal detectorists have been using her maps to target ladder settlements and other enclosure groups on an ever-increasing scale. Some local farmers have been offered considerable sums of money for access and thousands of objects have already been removed from the record."
Putting this information out there just results in destruction of the archaeological resource by a greedy minority to the loss of everyone else?
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"Since the publication of Cathy Stoertz's survey [Ancient Landscapes of the Yorkshire Wolds], metal detectorists have been using her maps to target ladder settlements and other enclosure groups on an ever-increasing scale. Some local farmers have been offered considerable sums of money for access and thousands of objects have already been removed from the record."
Putting this information out there just results in destruction of the archaeological resource by a greedy minority to the loss of everyone else?
!