Look what we've found' - a case study in public archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Pryor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 238 |
| Pages | 51-61 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| 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/s0003598x00075578 |
| OpenAlex | W845447491 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
Two generations ago, Sir Mortimer Wheeler made himself the master of public relations in archaeology. He found some of the funds for digging Maiden Castle from opening the site to the visitors, who were able to buy souvenirs for a few pennies. After a period when the public have seemed a nuisance on-site, the fashion has come back - with added urgency in Britain where the pipeline of funding from public sources no longer flows so easily and where responding to some apparent public demand is becoming a new essential.Flag Fen, in the wetland of eastern England, is being seen as a model of the new approach. It is conspicuous in the pages of Visitors welcome, the new English Heritage guide for excavators, which is reviewed warmly from across the Atlantic elsewhere in this issue. Here the Wheeler of the Fens explains what he is doing there and way
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Digging · Flag (linear algebra) · Period (music) · Pipeline (software) · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2020 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |