[Stones] The Erosion of Human Knowledge / Avebury

[NIGELSWIFT at aol.com]

In a message dated 01/12/2006 14:42:47 GMT Standard Time,  
megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk writes:

i know this is a perennial hobby horse of mine - but when you think what  
archaeology and knowledge of the past stand to gain from carefully excavating  
and repositioning these stones - it is nothing short of a national  scandal that 
this half-buried neolithic wonder in the West Country is  consistently 
neglected by its official establishment guardians,  who literally sit on it, year 
in, year out, for over half a century now.  what justification can there be for 
denying knowledge? what justification can  there be for denying world heritage 
to the world?

Well, money is one issue. Almost no archaeology gets done these days unless  
a developer is forced to finance it. Then there are archaeological and  
conservation rules and conventions - don't touch unless its necessary, stick to  
preservation in situ, only touch a small part so the rest is available for when  
techniques are better.
 
I'm not disagreeing with you Rik, just saying what you will be told.  ;)

 
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