TY - GEN

T1 - An empirical examination of metal detecting.

T2 - Per capita numbers of metal detectorists in a British-German comparison.

AU - Karl, Raimund

AU - Moller, Katharina

PY - 2018/3/3

Y1 - 2018/3/3

N2 - One of the key issues in the debate about how the archaeological profession should deal with the ‘problem’ of non-professional metal detecting is whether a restrictive or liberal approach should be taken towards its regulation. Arguments frequently can get quite heated, particularly on blogs, where self-appointed guardians of heritage and defenders of ‘the hobby’ mainly seem to trade insults rather than discussing data to determine which approach would seem more sensible.

AB - One of the key issues in the debate about how the archaeological profession should deal with the ‘problem’ of non-professional metal detecting is whether a restrictive or liberal approach should be taken towards its regulation. Arguments frequently can get quite heated, particularly on blogs, where self-appointed guardians of heritage and defenders of ‘the hobby’ mainly seem to trade insults rather than discussing data to determine which approach would seem more sensible.

KW - Archaeology

KW - Heritage

KW - Heritage law

KW - Heritage management

KW - LAW

M3 - Other contribution

VL - 2018

T3 - Archäologische Denkmalpflege

ER -