tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3911838476830670468..comments2024-03-18T12:47:37.136-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Nicht der Schatzsucher zerstörte den archäologischen Kontext, sagt Bland, sondern die Landwirtschaft.Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-56655492519658518302010-04-20T03:44:29.152-07:002010-04-20T03:44:29.152-07:00And of course its the shiny non-ferrous stuff thes...And of course its the shiny non-ferrous stuff these people claim to be "saving". Most British artefact hunters leave most of the iron artefacts in the soil as they are not interested in them. Look at the proportion is the PAS database compared with what a properly investigated site will produce.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-79598559251101042252010-04-20T03:31:20.386-07:002010-04-20T03:31:20.386-07:00It's all pretty unseemly if you ask me, the he...It's all pretty unseemly if you ask me, the head of PAS using the same rough and ready justificatory mantra that metal detectorists do, saying what they are doing is rescuing stuff from the wicked plough. Where's the conclusive body of research that says random extraction of non-ferrous metallic elements from the archaeological record everywhere is a viable, necessary, universal, urgent or needed exercise? I'm surprised he didn't just say what the detectorists say, "Better out than in, M8!" - there's just as much scholarship in that!<br /><br />And I do wonder what business is it of Mr Bland to claim metal detecting is the saviour of archaeology when he's paid merely to save archaeology from metal detecting? The founders of the Scheme would have had kittens if they'd known that after a few years he'd go native. What authority does he claim for this departure from his mandate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com