A colleague in London drew my attention to a "disagreement" over the interpretation of a major Roman gold-mining complex at Roşia Montană in Romania. Professor Andrew Wilson, Professor David Mattingly and Mike Dawson were invited by the Romanian Minister of Culture to prepare a (confidential) report on "on the heritage value of the Roşia Montană gold mining district" (confidential report released on 17 October 2013
here). This led to the issuing of a
response by David Jennings, Chief Executive of the
York Archaeological Trust (see
press release).
Wilson, Mattingly and Dawson have now
responded, point by point, to Jennings. I will not repeat their discussion and conclusions here.
Readers of LM will no doubt be interested in this debate to protect an internationally significant archaeological landscape.
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