The "past" of England and Wales is certainly being discovered and some of it is being recorded. But how much information is being lost? How much material goes unreported?
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Thursday, 28 October 2010
The Portable Antiquities Scheme: Discovering Our Past
The "past" of England and Wales is certainly being discovered and some of it is being recorded. But how much information is being lost? How much material goes unreported?
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© David Gill, 2010
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Equally important: In what ways is the Scheme affecting public perceptions in Britain (and beyond) of archaeology, the archaeological record and the need for its preservation from what in other countries would be called looting?
To what degree is its "outreach" making the general public aware of the full range of portable antiquity collecting and heritage issues?
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