Just as we are able to use new technology to further our understanding of the past so population pressure, the black market, pollution, different cultural concepts and attitudes to history (with the western notion not always prevalent) conspire to erode and destroy the physical remains. This book comprises a series of essays that look at various aspects of our relationship to the past. Often fascinating, but some of the essays could be far more focussed.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 35 July 2006 ) |
