tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8142046472439314458..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: No to Hurried Hoard Hoiking: "How to Hinder Nighthawks" Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-85924584336384962852015-01-12T21:33:51.581-08:002015-01-12T21:33:51.581-08:00Well, Brian, the fact that there has been absolute...Well, Brian, the fact that there has been absolutely zero comeback on these suggestions indicates just what it is we are dealing with.<br /><br />It is no use assuming a-la-normal-person that "collectors could not possibly [ignore] the positives that would come out of doing these things", but we should look at the <b>fact that they do</b>. That is the difference between the fluffy bunny policies and the reality that lies hidden behind them which this blog attempts to address. <br /> Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-38678701324872511522015-01-03T16:49:17.122-08:002015-01-03T16:49:17.122-08:00At risk of wearying the host with too much of the ...At risk of wearying the host with too much of the guest's casserole, I have to post that I really thought this offers fairly simple, concrete and extremely reasonable and beneficial suggestions to address at least part of the problem. I am not really knowledgable enough to supplement this with suggestions of my own, but I hope others will. I can't see how anyone could really find issue with these ideas - even the collectors that oppose your perspectives generally could not possibly deny the positives that would come out of doing these things. So if they don't do them, it really couldn't be that they cant see the benefits, but rather just don't care. That seems an aweful shame to me. Prospectors seem often to have a genuine appreciation of the finds and their historic significance ( I'm referring to the coin collectors), so why not really walk the walk and preserve not just the objects but the knowledge that comes from the proper handling gf the site? Brian Curtisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447566502495644288noreply@blogger.com