18th April 2011, 11:06 AM
To help see where I stand on the matter... you heard it here first
This was my response to the December 2010 Antiquity Editorial.
http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/ar...ding-apart
I conclude with these words.
This was my response to the December 2010 Antiquity Editorial.
http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/ar...ding-apart
I conclude with these words.
Quote:There are those who would like archaeology only to be carried out by professionals, with bars to entry and tighter regulation. However, I would fight for increased public participation in conjunction with – rather than at the expense of – ‘professional’ archaeologists, because if the public loses interest in its past due to marginalisation, who will be left to speak up for archaeology when bulldozers and concrete literally obliterate our past?
The simple truth is that more public participation means more professionals, and more investigations leads to new knowledge, the real riches that archaeology has to share.