I've been thinking about all of this. I note that the UK media have
been saying that the Royal Family are a heritage asset and an
institution that is worth preserving as they attract a huge amount of
income from overseas tourists to the UK.
I would suggest that many people visit Graceland each year, long
after tghe death of Elviis, in 1977. The number of visitors to
Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square has similarly grown in recent years.
On this reasoning - in this time of national austerity - it might be
sensible to retain various Royal palaces, but at the same time
consider embalming selected high profile members of the Royal
household (obviously only when they expire through natural causes) to
maximise potential UK tourist income.
Just a thought.
J.
I do not dispute the fact that
On 30 April 2011 17:51, Christine Finn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, I'm watching the dust settle on my royal wedding-inspired mantel
> piece, and on the 50s fur throw on my non hi-def TV, and - in truth - I've
> been mindfully black- bagging - the bunting, strawberry stalks, the
> asparagus roots... I have put the Pimms and gin bottles into recyling, and
> am still consuming the previous days' papers - and today's - and look
> forward to tomorrow's. Like Sarah May, I feel contemporary archaeology it is
> rather about what we forget, more than what we aim to remember. The garbage
> cleaners in the Mall will have had the first-hand experience for sure. But
> at any rate, I loved the day.
>
> C
>
> On 30 April 2011 11:12, MAY, Sarah <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I've always believed archaeology does best with the overlooked - drawing
>> out what is interesting from what is relatively unobserved. That event was
>> all observation. If it interests you Iain why don't you do something, its
>> not too late for it to be considered contemporary
>>
>> S
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>>
>> maybe it was too much of a case of nausea and abjection (c.f. Buchli and
>> Lucas 2001)
>>
>> P G-B
>>
>> On 30/04/2011 04:21, Iain Stuart wrote:
>> As an outsider looking at the cutting edge of British archaeology I am
>> more than a little disappointed that there has been nothing on this group
>> about the archaeology of the Royal Wedding.
>> Surely somebody did a site survey of the route looking at the temporary
>> shelters of Royal watchers, or maybe someone has compared the typology of
>> souvenir mugs and plates... there were so many possibilities. Yet nothing
>> seems to have been posted.
>>
>> It seems to be a sad day for contemporary British historical archaeology.
>>
>> Dr Iain Stuart
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