Ancient Heritage

Thoughts on ancient artefacts, their collection and ethical issues

Friday, 19 September 2014

A few thoughts on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

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As an addendum to my previous post outlining a few changes that I would like to see in the way metal detecting is approached, I would urg...

Conservation vs. Metal Detecting - Part Three

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Never say never. I did conclude my last post on this topic by saying that was all I had to say on it. However, I should try to clarify an...
Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Conservation vs. Metal Detecting - Part Two

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Continuing on from my previous blog post about a debate on conservation , here is a copy of my latest comment sent to Andy Baines's bl...

Conservation vs. Metal Detecting - Part One

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When Paul Barford lamented the fate of the almost one million artefacts recorded by the PAS (" Where have Eleven Million Objects Gone...
Thursday, 4 September 2014

British history revamped by London road works during the 1970s

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Now a season of rock festivals and other general summer debauchery has abated, it's time to add a little to my blog ... A couple of...
Saturday, 12 July 2014

Visit to the Flat Earth Society

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I made a statement in the comments on a recent article in the Biblical Archaeology Review : " That collecting provides most of the mo...
Friday, 4 July 2014

A way forward?

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My previous post about the response to an article in Biblical Archaeology Review has received a lengthy comment (split into two parts) f...
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David Knell
David Knell is an English-Canadian art historian based in the UK. Specialist interests include vernacular furniture and Classical lychnology. In addition to contributing to academic journals and major periodicals, he was the monthly columnist for an arts magazine and has had several books published, one of which is the standard reference work in its field. He has acted as expert consultant to Sotheby's and the Mary Rose Trust, and as referee for the Royal Archaeological Institute.
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