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THE formation of a committee for the excavation of Caistor-by-Norwich, which has followed on the publication of an air photograph revealing the street plan of the Roman town, affords Dr. R. E. Mortimer Wheeler an opportunity for some pertinent comments in the June number of Antiquity on the question of the exploration of Roman Britain. In the last few years the excavation of Roman sites in Britain has been extended remarkably. It has attracted a great deal of public attention and the discovery of Romano-British antiquities has become ‘news’ in the public press. As a consequence, appeals for funds are made more widely known and meet with a more liberal response. Caistor is only one of a number of recent cases in point. At present it is true this applies in some degree to all archaeological investigation; but in Romano-British archæology, as Dr. Wheeler points out, much of this effort is wasted and misdirected. He suggests that Romano-British research should be more systematically organised. It is expected that the complete excavation of Caistor will cost at least £15,000, and this exclusive of publication, without which research is of little value for the general advancement of knowledge.
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News and Views. Nature 124, 240–244 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124240b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124240b0