2nd August 2013, 03:42 PM
I think the Marmite analogy is a good one....read the ingredients list for most 'flavoured' crisps in the UK and you will find that one of my main flavouring ingredients is yeast extract (Marmite) and certainly not beef, chicken sausage whatever the flavour claimed on the packet etc. So many more people enjoy Marmite when you don't tell them they are eating it!! Its the same with archaeology, many more people enjoy the results of archaeological research than probably realise it, whether its at the level of keeping us employed or the by-products of our industry and in general that it makes the world a better place when we know something about our past....
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