20th April 2011, 08:35 PM
A far better way of engaging with the public would be basic press relations so that people had some sodding idea what we do. Yet again I see a BBC report, also on Past Horizons, citing United Utilities engineers discovering a Roman settlement. People must be very confused about what all these professional archaeologists do because so many discoveries are reported like this, why would they ever think there was a potential problem? I would hope the lead could come from a body like the IfA in terms of increasing press, and therefore public, awareness. Or perhaps PPS5 could make it the case the curators can insist on a decent press release being issued for significant remains.