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On the public appeal of archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David R. Prince
Affiliation:
Prince Research Consultants Ltd, 8 Pembroke Mews, Muswell Hill, London N10 2HR
R.T. Schadla-Hall
Affiliation:
Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service, 96 New Walk, Leicester LE1 6TD

Abstract

Although ‘archaeology and the public’ is very much a matter of current concern, there is still very little actual information about what – if anything – the ‘public’ out there actually thinks of archaeology. The public of Kingston on Hull have been asked.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1987

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