tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post8284136398113416763..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Gill Inspired Papers Provide More Heat than Light on Benefits of PASCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-13912132133459873392010-12-31T15:46:45.781-08:002010-12-31T15:46:45.781-08:00Hi Brian- Thanks for the further comment, and not...Hi Brian- Thanks for the further comment, and not to be a pain, but I understand that UCL invited the participants. I was wondering if he had anything to do with organizing the forum, including suggesting participants, etc. This is a minor point in the scheme of things, but apparently this is a big issue to Prof. Gill and Paul Barford. If David Gill had no part whatsoever in organizing the event, so be it, but one should excuse me for thinking he as the major player would have something to say about such things. Anyway, thanks for your patience and happy New Year.<br /><br />Peter TompaCultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-47807226760817058002010-12-31T13:04:46.499-08:002010-12-31T13:04:46.499-08:00Dear Peter,
Yes, I can confirm that that's ho...Dear Peter,<br /><br />Yes, I can confirm that that's how it was - all respondents were invited directly by the journal, not by David.<br /><br />Best,<br />BrianBrian Holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14792464318172128453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-61467619334211924542010-12-31T06:02:53.911-08:002010-12-31T06:02:53.911-08:00Excuse me, what "blog"? Would it not hel...Excuse me, what "blog"? Would it not help follow the discuission of a point if you'd turn on the backlinks facility of your blog so it displays the links to posts referring to yours? <br /><br />("settings' -> "comments" -> Backlinks Default for Posts )<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />I was invited to contribute by the editor not an author.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-81953464130070240152010-12-31T05:13:47.160-08:002010-12-31T05:13:47.160-08:00Dear Brian, Thank you for your post. Given Prof. ...Dear Brian, Thank you for your post. Given Prof. Gill's latest blog on this, please let me know if he had anything to do at all with suggesting participants, etc. He makes it sound like he just showed up and wrote a paper without any other involvement.<br /><br />Peter TompaCultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-69475979231463204542010-12-30T03:56:35.228-08:002010-12-30T03:56:35.228-08:00Dear Peter,
Just to set the record straight, the ...Dear Peter,<br /><br />Just to set the record straight, the <a href="http://pia-journal.co.uk/index.php/pia/issue/current" rel="nofollow">forum</a> was indeed organised solely on the initiative of PIA. <br /><br />The collection and trading of antiquities has produced a wide range of often strongly conflicting views, and this forum is an attempt to air and challenge these in one place. It is not meant to be the last word on the issue, but rather an effort to stir discussion on UK legislation, which as everywhere, needs to be periodically assessed and revised.<br /><br />We’re particularly grateful to David Gill for accepting our in invitation to write the lead piece. Of course we chose to ask someone who has a definite view on the issue, but this does not in any way mean that we value the opinions of the respondents to his piece any less. The forum should be read as an open and equal exchange of views, and we hope that it continues to generate wider debate.<br /><br />I apologise for the confusion regarding the affiliation of Paul Barford – this was a mistake made by the journal during production. Paul had in fact asked to be associated with his portable antiquities blog, and this has now been corrected.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Brian Hole<br /><br /><a href="http://pia-journal.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Papers from the Institute of Archaeology</a>Brian Holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14792464318172128453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-9136990709754667502010-12-29T14:39:03.710-08:002010-12-29T14:39:03.710-08:00Umm, the Forum was "organized" by the ed...Umm, the Forum was "organized" by the editor of PIA (Brian Hole) who commissioned David Gill to write the keynote paper and then invited the respondents to respond, which is the way [you should know] these things normally go. <br /><br />"<i>this all would have been more useful if...</i>", <br />useful to whom? The theme was not about reporting finds (about which there has been a lot of talk, and it was the subject of a whole PAS conference last year) but preserving sites. To what extent does the PAS help preserve sites from being exploited as a source of collectables? It is a question as valid as any other. It is about time it was posed, and it is significant that Roger Bland refused to discuss it. <br /><br />[If the PAS and the reporting of finds are so important to you, why are you and your fellows in the US "collectors' rights" movement not advocating the US adopts the same remedy as you wish to impose on Greece and all the other countries?] <br /><br />I certainly did not give the editor any affiliation or address, I wanted to be called an "archaeoblogger", but obviously somebody did not like that. There are anyway two institutes of archaeology in Warsaw, and my current ties are with the other one.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com