{"id":16854,"date":"2017-10-03T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16854"},"modified":"2017-10-03T15:09:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:09:40","slug":"archaeology-data-vs-conservation-care-stonehenge-if-loss-enlightenment-does-destruction-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16854","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology data vs conservation care @ Stonehenge: If loss = enlightenment, does destruction = benefit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heritage_journal_image031017.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16855\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heritage_journal_image031017.png\" alt=\"Heritage Journal website image 031017\" width=\"249\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a>In response to a letter to the <em>Times<\/em> from <em>British Archaeology<\/em> editor Mike Pitts, supporting information benefits as justification for proposed development at Stonehenge \u2013turning \u2018loss into enlightenment\u2019 &#8211; archaeology advocacy publication <em>The Heritage Journal<\/em> has published a summary retort stating that they \u2018profoundly disagree\u2019 with the equation \u2018excavation = learning\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Heritage Journal writes:<\/p>\n<p>[The letter from Mike Pitts] says excavation = learning. Therefore excavating a large swathe of the Stonehenge landscape of all places for a road, against UNESCO\u2019s wishes, should be welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>We are only amateurs but we profoundly disagree. It seems to us to be a worryingly damaging stance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heritageaction.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/19\/stonehenge-a-worryingly-damaging-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a letter to the Times from British Archaeology editor Mike Pitts, supporting information benefits as justification for proposed development at Stonehenge \u2013turning \u2018loss into enlightenment\u2019 &#8211; archaeology advocacy publication The Heritage Journal has published a summary retort &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16854\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16856,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16854\/revisions\/16856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}