There are of course, even in china, laws to prevent this sort of thing from happening but they get in the way of profits and, again, the fines are meaninglessly small compared to the money to be made by pressing on with the building. Yeah, like the Chinese need to bring in foreigners to make cheap furniture. Source: Radio Austra lia, July ‘07.
The past is full of stories of the incompetent destroying archaeology
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I should point out that anyone finding historical items in the ground ought to check out the guidelines on a Council For British Archaeology website at http://new.archaeologyuk.org/best-practice It goes on and on. It’s for what to do. nothing new, the past is full of stories of the incompetent destroyDigging up finds and ing archaeology, from selling them or putting the pyramid-robbers to the destruction of all the cities above Troy, removed unrecorded in order to get at the treasure. The chronology of the lost layers gone forever. Sad, isn’t it? As a former field archaeologist, I feel that before launching into a 53
in your private collection should be illegal but strangely isn’t. The loss to our national knowledge is huge. Metal detectors are excellent when used correctly and these days many site directors work with detectorists. That way the finds can be recorded.