tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638837144278661276.post-77359306985341797892008-02-10T04:24:00.000-05:002008-02-10T04:24:00.000-05:002008-02-10T04:24:00.000-05:00Paul Barford's post has missed the point. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is an immensely successful project that is engaging thousands of new people in archaeology, and creating knowledge about our past. It is also seriously threatened. The massive, spontaneous support that followed British Archaeology's revelation that Roy Clare was thinking about removing the PAS central unit (BA Jan/Feb, published Dec 7 2007) reflects a justified fear that this unique scheme is endangered. BA stands by all it has printed: see update in BA Mar/Apr, out Feb 8. The threat has not yet gone.mike pittshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034530709991878600noreply@blogger.com