CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Ujhelyi, Nóra |
|---|---|
| Title | The relationship between archaeology and metal detecting in present-day Hungary |
| Summary | The relationship between professional archaeology and practitioners of the always emerging hobby of metal detecting is difficult. In the past decade, academic research started to take interest in this social and heritage-related issue in numerous European countries and in the United States. This thesis aims to offer an overview of the dubious relationship between metal detectorists and archaeologists in Hungary, to compare the practice and experience to other European countries', by including not only the professionals but also the detectorists into the research. The main method of the thesis was analysis of interviews and a questionnaire. As the results of the thesis show, many of the representatives of both parties desire a strict law that still allows the presence of the museum friendly hobbyist. While many detectorists are beginning to see the irreversible damage an unauthorised digging can do to a site, surely, Hungary is still left with a large number of those who are not willing to agree with this. |
| Supervisor | József Laszlovszky |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/ujhelyi_nora.pdf |
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