How STOP started: Early approaches to the metal detecting community by archaeologists and others
Thomas, S. (2012) ‘How STOP started: early approaches to the metal detecting community by archaeologists and others’, in Moshenska, G. and Dhanjal, S. (eds.) Community Archaeology: Themes, Methods and Practices. Oxford and Oakville: Oxbow Books, pp. 42–57.
This Chapter examines a key segment of the history of relationships between archaeologists and metal-detector users in the UK (the late 1970s and early 1980s), within the context of community archaeology and community engagement.
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