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Re: When Silbury is tunnelled
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Littlestone's contribution is outstanding and should be trumpeted as loudly as possible from the heights!

But alas - are archaelogists conservators? English Heritage should be but..

Someone will no doubt shout at me and correct my assumption, but it has always struck me that archaeologists' top priorities are the search for knowledge and the consequent enhancement of their reputations. Many sites have been and continue to be destroyed by excavation - fair enough when rescue digs are required. Who is going to get career plaudits by preserving Silbury Hill? Who is going to get acclaim by burrowing further into the hill and gaining fresh insight into its construction and maybe, just maybe something that tells us what it actually is. The old timers stormed in looking for treasure and burials. Today, their counterparts are not so very different - they seek a different kind of treasure. Conservation? What's that? Burrow, investigate, record, publish and then move on to the next one.


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Posted by PeterH
31st May 2005ce
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