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E-book Archaeologists in print : Publishing for the People
October 2016. Various news outlets report that archaeology is one of 20 subjects to be removed from the lists of the last examination board in Britain to offer it. The reasons: that it is too specialised to be examined and graded in the time period allotted and that not enough students take the option. There is an immediate backlash from the archaeological com-munity. Agonised statements are later published from celebrities Tony Robinson, host of the popular archaeology TV show Time Team, and classicist and broadcaster Professor Mary Beard. A petition circulates to debate the matter in Parliament; it accumulates over 13,000 signatures. Only 10,000 are needed to make the debate a reality, so in December 2016 it is held in a House of Commons meeting room. Member of Parliament Tim Loughton, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group, stands up to deliver a speech in defence of Archaeology.
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