Hunters of the Past
A Study of Demography, Attitudes, and Values among Danish Metal Detector Users
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https://doi.org/10.7146/dja.v11i.125546Keywords:
Citizen science; metal detecting; vocational archaeology; heritage managementAbstract
This article presents the results of a questionnaire-based survey on demographic aspects and prevailing attitudes, motivations and values among the Danish hobbyist metal detector community. The objective is to take a first step towards a scholarly appraisal of the social dimension of the metal detector phenomenon - e.g. its people as members of a community with its own specific and probably often diverging characteristics and dynamics. Hereby we want to contribute to shaping a best practice framework for interacting and cooperating with detectorists in Denmark and internationally.
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