18th April 2011, 09:26 AM
One would hope that it is the non commercial projects that the Southport Group are thinking of but thats not how it reads. I think they are living in cloud cuckoo land or are so pessemistic they see public participation as the only way forward. Personally I love public archaeology and am for participation but on proper well funded and planned community excavations outside of the commercial sector, with project designs and post X all meeting the professional standards set down im MORPHE etc