"Excavation as Theatre" - Why on earth not?!

http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/7

Archaeology "helps for people’s sense of
identity, gives our lives a context and
teaches us lessons – but if we got rid of
every archaeologist tomorrow the world
would not collapse and many people
would believe their lives to be unaltered."

"If we want funding in archaeology to
increase we need to catch the public’s
imagination and show them how
fascinating the past can actually be."

David Christainsen
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