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A Detectorist’s Utopia? Archaeology and Metal-Detecting in England and Wales

A Detectorist’s Utopia? Archaeology and Metal-Detecting in England and Wales AbstractArchaeologists in England and Wales have a long tradition of liaising with metal-detectorists,particularly following the reform of Treasure law and advent of the Portable Antiquities Scheme - a project torecord archaeological finds discovered by the public. Although this process of dialogue has been seen by mostas productive and mutually beneficial, there still remain issues that divide archaeologists and detectorists.This paper will highlight some of these with a view to possible solutions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Open Archaeology de Gruyter

A Detectorist’s Utopia? Archaeology and Metal-Detecting in England and Wales

Open Archaeology , Volume 2 (1): 1 – Oct 14, 2016

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2016 Michael Lewis
ISSN
2300-6560
eISSN
2300-6560
DOI
10.1515/opar-2016-0009
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Abstract

AbstractArchaeologists in England and Wales have a long tradition of liaising with metal-detectorists,particularly following the reform of Treasure law and advent of the Portable Antiquities Scheme - a project torecord archaeological finds discovered by the public. Although this process of dialogue has been seen by mostas productive and mutually beneficial, there still remain issues that divide archaeologists and detectorists.This paper will highlight some of these with a view to possible solutions.

Journal

Open Archaeologyde Gruyter

Published: Oct 14, 2016

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