Engaging the public by archaeology excavations at Must Farm

Volume 1 of the excavation report at Must Farm, a bronze age site compared to the Pompeii of Britain, is now free to read in PDF (full image sizes or as reduced image version for smaller download time) at https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/400b29d5-2e22-4321-878c-cb122d291660

This screenshot comes from the sidebar about the intent, reflections of the efforts, and the reverberating results of inviting the public to be part of the discovering and interpretation process along the way. In other words, communicating the excavation and its resulting puzzles pieces coming together to form a picture was by design and integral to the whole undertaking, rather than an afterthought or secondary shadow of the work.

More and more science and its funding are designing the public-facing side to be part of the whole plan, rather than to be relegated to a few choice morsels casually thrown to the crowd. What the lasting effect on cultivating public interest and involvement has yet to be seen in the generations growing up now, and in the efforts of colleagues at other excavations.

See the full passage from which this screenshot comes on page 48 of the "reduced size PDF" at the link above.