tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2625437526578758784..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: As others see us: History Hoons Ransack Europe's HeritagePaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-57027919114930081052010-03-20T00:39:43.316-07:002010-03-20T00:39:43.316-07:00Thanks for that. Yes I think in the case of artefa...Thanks for that. Yes I think in the case of artefact hunting and portable antiquity collecting in Britain, this is very much a case of misinformation - or incomplete information - being supplied to the general public by those who should be supplying it. <br /><br />The UNESCO Convention requires the UK to be educating people about looting. Name me one British archaeological body which actually does this in any co-ordinated manner. Not even one, and the one that really should be doing this outreach the PAS is busy "engaging with" the collectors rather than telling the non-collectors what damage collecting in its present form is causing worldwide and in the UK to the archaeological heritage.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-17032910382505727522010-03-20T00:24:51.310-07:002010-03-20T00:24:51.310-07:00Interesting that elsewhere it would be the general...Interesting that elsewhere it would be the general public that would take the lead in defence of heritage. <br /><br />Of course, in Britain they are less likely to because they aren't told, plain and straight, that acquisitive collection of archaeological artefact is NOT in the national interest. The hoon at the farmer's door and the FLO at the finds day give an opposite impression (though the latter wouldn't actually dare say so of course since they know the truth is otherwise. Ask them, and watch them wriggle. We have!)<br /><br />We have long said that the most useful outreach PAS could deliver in defence of our archaeological heritage is to landowners. See here: http://www.heritageaction.org/?page=heritagealerts_metaldetectinghelp<br /><br />How come it is left to US to publish that advice to farmers. Shouldn't it be on the front page of the PAS website - notwithstanding the howls of their detectorist partners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com