tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2065163095564546229..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: X marks the spot: Irresponsible Artefact Hunting Targeting and Despoiling Known Sites on a Metal Detecting Forum Near YouPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-36034630443582418982020-04-17T00:59:01.338-07:002020-04-17T00:59:01.338-07:00Well spotted !
Odd isn't it that all this mo...Well spotted ! <br /><br />Odd isn't it that all this money goes on supporting academic archaeology and outreach year after year, and all we get for it are the shallow and piss-poor witterings of the likes of Raimund Karl and the Ixelles Six/Helsinki gang and next-to-zero critical thought. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-2377558650357574102020-04-17T00:34:12.368-07:002020-04-17T00:34:12.368-07:00Tragic.
"The only outstanding feature was th...Tragic.<br /><br />"The only outstanding feature was this ring so at the start of the day me and my buddy went straight to it rather than starting at the beginning of the field. The second hole I dug produced a complete Roman armillae!"<br /><br />Yet the blurb for the British Museum Research Publication "The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman Britain" says:<br /><br />"The principal aim of this book is to assess the contribution that this resource can make to our understanding of Roman Britain. Bringing together vast quantities of SEEMINGLY RANDOM finds scattered across the English and Welsh countryside".<br /><br />Detectorists always look for where their chances are greatest, i.e. archaeological sites. That's human nature and everyone knows it. PAS would have us think otherwise. How dare they? History will reveal the truth but by then it will be too late.Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.com