Challenges in conducting public engagement in commercial archaeology in the UK.

[P Prentice]

Is anybody prepared to accept that there are some members of the public who are not interested in archaeology or the past?

just as there are some who would bring back the birch and hanging, just as there are some who cant see the point in space exploration, just as there are some who are not interested in the national health service, just as there are some who would be content for the bbc to produce nothing but soap opera and celebrity talent shows .................. then there is the rest of us with aspirations and interests, who can see the value of things for the betterment of our and other species, even if we dont see how we directly benefit from them. i would also contend that our species has always looked to its past, referencing what we were and what we believed about the universe we inhabited in everything we have done and every plan we have made. for want of a better way of expressing it - it is hard wired even if some are too stupid to know it