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I don't know anything about the Portable Antiquities Scheme, but
similar collector's events have been used productively in the US
to create a dialog between collectors and professionals with the
goals of learning of sites and site locations from the collectors
and of educating collectors on the importance of context, and
emphasizing the scientific value rather than the
collector/antiquities market value. Really no different than an
interested collector bringing his junk to the museum to find out
what they have; its just going on location.
I know that we can't make collectors go away by ignoring them,
and in my experience there has been no great increase in
collecting because we talk to them. Bottom line, the collecting
community generally knows a lot more than we do about the
location and contents of sites and we need to recognize this and
have the dialog.
William B. Lees, Ph.D., RPA
Vice President, Business Development and Special Projects
CULTURAL RESOURCE ANALYSTS, INC.
151 Walton Avenue
Lexington, KY 40508
Voice: (859) 252-4737
Facsimile: (859) 254-3747
Web: http://www.crai-ky.com
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Subject: Re: HISTARCH Digest - 12 Dec 2004 to 13 Dec 2004
(#2004-312)
Anyone else notice the following activity at "Disaster Day"?
"Bring an archaeological find to be identified by an expert from
the Portable Antiquities Scheme!"
I hesitate to criticize this without knowing all of the details,
but doesn't this have the potential to encourage pot-hunting?
Randy Lichtenberger
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<title>HISTARCH Digest - 12 Dec 2004 to 13 Dec 2004
(#2004-312)</title> <body bgcolor="#E9E9E9" text="#000000"
link="#0000FF" vlink="#0000FF"> <center> <h2>HISTARCH Digest - 12
Dec 2004 to 13 Dec 2004 (#2004-312)</h2> </center> <p><h3>Table
of contents:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="#S1">Disaster Day! - YAC and
SHA</a> <li><a href="#S2">Laptops and AV at the SHA 2005
Conference in York</a> <li><a href="#S3">Measure for photo's</a>
<li><a href="#S4">Nails to date historical houses?</a> <li><a
href="#S5">Work clothing button identification</a> </ul> <ol> <a
name=S1><li>Disaster Day! - YAC and SHA</a><ul> <li><a
href="cid:24290@LISTS.ASU.EDU">Disaster Day! - YAC and SHA</a>
(12/13)<br><b>From:</b> "Moss, William"
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<a name=S2><li>Laptops and AV at the SHA 2005 Conference in
York</a><ul> <li><a href="cid:24291@LISTS.ASU.EDU">Re: Laptops
and AV at the SHA 2005 Conference in York</a>
(12/13)<br><b>From:</b> SHA Headquarters <[log in to unmask]></ul>
<a name=S3><li>Measure for photo's</a><ul> <li><a
href="cid:24292@LISTS.ASU.EDU">Re: Measure for photo's</a>
(12/13)<br><b>From:</b> Jane Brown
<[log in to unmask]></ul> <a name=S4><li>Nails to date
historical houses?</a><ul> <li><a
href="cid:24293@LISTS.ASU.EDU">Re: Nails to date historical
houses?</a> (12/13)<br><b>From:</b> David Moyer
<[log in to unmask]></ul> <a name=S5><li>Work clothing
button identification</a><ul> <li><a
href="cid:24294@LISTS.ASU.EDU">Work clothing button
identification</a> (12/13)<br><b>From:</b> Suzanne Carter
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