Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Not a blog more a research paper into the above subject with Avebury being part of the research. A different interpretation of how we 'approach' history through memory.... scroll down about one-third for Avebury bit....

http://kodu.ut.ee/~cect/teoreetilised%20seminarid_2010/etnoloogia_uurimisr%C3%BChma_seminar/Harvey-The_History_of_Heritage.pdf


"as Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) that a concern for preservation (as opposed to restoration or ‘reconstitution’) comes. This tacit regard for absolute authenticity in one form or another has, in many respects, become one of the main touchstones (and some would say, red herrings) in heritage discussion ever since – and one which viewing heritage as a present-centred process in whatever age seeks to bypass (see, for instance, Harvey, 2001; Hewison, 1987).
It is perhaps ironic that many modern conservation lobbies and societies inherited William Morris’s ideals of artefactual authenticity without his distinct dislike of many of the (Georgian and Victorian) artefacts and buildings that they now seek to conserve. Indeed, the invocation of absolute artefactual authenticity is more usually associated with conservative and reactionary social attitudes."