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OFCOM:
“The series dealt effectively with potential audience concerns about the contributors’ methods. It made clear that the specific practices adopted were undertaken within recognised protocols.”
THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES:
“Our criticism focuses on the careless, insensitive and unethical treatment of the human remains, but also the mistreatment of other finds, the inept standards of excavation and the shocking disregard for safe systems of working. Battlefield archaeology is a well-developed field with respected specialists, codes of conduct and some exemplary practice, and there is no excuse for work of this standard, nor its positive publicity in the media. ”
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12/03/2016 at 09:55
thegrammarofmatter
I’d not heard of this programme before now. What a bunch of cowboys!
12/03/2016 at 10:31
heritageaction
Banned in several other countries but broadcast regardless by Channel 5. So it’s not just those in front of the camera who were cowboys.