tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post1592046501429125033..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: "Hooker FSA" and the HarleyPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-4567536821604603032016-03-11T00:49:58.707-08:002016-03-11T00:49:58.707-08:00Yes, it is pretty pathetic, isn't it? Now, how...Yes, it is pretty pathetic, isn't it? Now, how long do you think we'll have to wait before a SINGLE British archaeologist (you know, the ones who are in a "partnership" with collectors like Mr Hooker and the Nonymous Second Generation Detectorist) begin a discussion with the Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries about archaeological evidence? One day more, two? After all, we have a huge expensive outreach scheme which is supposed to be to "raising awareness among the public of the educational value of archaeological finds in their context and facilitate research in them", haven't we? How actually are they going about doing that if they leave online stuff like this written by FSAs unchallenged/unexplained? WHERE is their outreach, and in what way are they actually making more of a contribution to the public's knowledge of ARCHAEOLOGY than Mr Hooker posting up other people's detecting finds and "saying what they mean"? [Do you see a pattern here by any chance?] Is it actually rocket science? Or are they (all fifty of them) just BODGING it and dropping the ball? Ridiculous. <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-9240833163619709542016-03-10T05:25:30.732-08:002016-03-10T05:25:30.732-08:00DCI Jones: "Did you make a note of how that g...<b>DCI Jones:</b> "Did you make a note of how that gun we found at the crime scene was positioned next to the body, sealed it in an evidence bag and sent it to the lab to be analysed, constable?"<br /><br /><b>PC Hooker:</b> "I didn't think it was important, sir. The crime scene was only 'micro-context'. I've cleaned all those nasty fingerprints and bloodstains off it, compared it to lots of other guns illustrated in books and put it in a nice new display case so we can admire it. It's the 'macro-context' that counts."<br /><br /><b>DCI Jones:</b> "Is the gun still loaded, constable?"<br /><br /><b>PC Hooker:</b> "I don't know, sir. Why?"<br /><br /><b>DCI Jones:</b> "Because I'm going to shoot you with it."David Knellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488678409144873954noreply@blogger.com