The best we can do
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3574259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Carver (0000-0002-7981-5741, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 327 |
| Pages | 230-234 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00067569 |
| OpenAlex | W2116574236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
This is certainly a strange business: on the one hand, the thrill of discovery, the glory of gold, the flattery of the media and the purring of officialdom; on the other, the agonised frustrations of academics whose job it is to make sense of everything brought to light on this island. An editor is supposed to remain neutral, but in this case there is no contest. Antiquity champions research - so while we are happy to welcome the arrival of a mass of shiny things, we are bound to lament the loss of an opportunity to understand what they mean. Then there is the paradox of the English system: the treasure hunters are applauded and rewarded, but the archaeologists are seemingly obliged to lurk in the shadows, anxious not to spoil the party. Does it have to be like this
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New approaches for integrating palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic methods to answer archaeological and geological questions on Stone Age sites
Identification of activity area signatures in a reconstructed Iron Age house by combining element and lipid analyses of sediments
New Directions in Archaeological Science
The ‘Staffordshire Hoard’
The potential for heavy metal soil analysis on low status archaeological sites at Shapwick, Somerset
The Iron Age ritual building at Uppåkra, southern Sweden
The Farm Beneath the Sand' - an archaeological case study on ancient 'dirt' DNA
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2016 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |