Abstract: |
The background to the crisis is provided by Charles Thomas (pp 3-15) and John Alexander (16-27) treating the British and the world situation respectively, and by Philip Barker (28-34) quantifying the scale of the problem. Cecil Hogarth (35-50) argues that the past has lessons for the future of civilisation. A section on rescue digging includes Philip Rahtz on his 20 years' work (53-72), Brian Philp on Kent (73-8) and Chris Musson on the small, mobile professional team (79-89). Special threats are covered by Martin Biddle on urban problems (95-112), Peter Fowler on motorway archaeology (113-29) and Barri Jones and Peter Lewis on threats to ancient mining sites (130-49). Crisis areas are then detailed: P V Addyman on York (153-62), J K St Joseph on the historical landscape seen from the air (163-82), Iain Crawford on the Scottish highlands and islands (183-212), Kenneth Barton on museum services (213-8) and David Leigh on the organisation of conservation (219-31). Finally, the amateur who wants to join in the rescue work is advised on training by Graham Webster (235-40), on public involvement by Graham Thomas and Graham Arnold (241-55), on archaeology as a hobby by Robert Kiln (256-73), on what is expected of the dig volunteer by Philip Rahtz (274-9) and on the organisation of RESCUE by Philip Barker (280-85). |