Tuesday 10 July 2012

Collectors' Stereotypes of Preservationists

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It is interesting to note a remarkable transatlantic split in the way artefact collectors envisage the preservationists whose efforts to raise public awareness they oppose. Over in the UK we find trolling detectorists trying to reinforce the stereotype of the preservationist as classist elitists trying to exclude the "masses" from direct interaction with the archaeological heritage, while over the other side we find coineys labelling preservationists "communists". Clearly concern for the environment crosses many political boundaries.

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