Exploring preferences and non-use values for hidden archaeological artefacts: a case from Denmark

This paper presents a choice experiment study of a proposed wetland restoration project which aims to preserve archaeological artefacts from Stone Age villages which are presently buried within the topsoil. Wetland restoration can avoid destruction of the artefacts due to agricultural cultivation and drainage, and in addition improve biological diversity and recreational opportunities. The results indicate that even though the artefacts are not visible or usable for the population of today, but may contain information and potential value for future generations, the strongest preferences displayed is for ensuring permanent protection of archaeological artefacts, rather than biological diversity and recreational opportunities. The results are discussed in relation to the Prospect Theory: people value a loss of cultural heritage higher than a gain of new cultural goods or services. This insight is of general interest to cultural economics and cultural policy, especially with respect to heritage protection.     

Reviews of Folklore Scholarship

AN INTERIM CHECKLIST OF CHAPBOOKS CONTAINING TRADITIONAL PLAY TEXTS, by M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH and P. S. SMITH, History of the Book Trade in the North, Newcastle, 1976, £1.50: MORRICE DANCERS AT REVESBY, CECTAL Facsimiles No. 1, University of Sheffield, 1976, 75p: THE PACE EGG : THE MIDGLEY VERSION, Introduction by H. W. HARWOOD and F. H. MARSDEN, 2nd ed., David Bland, Halifax, 1977, 75p. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

FOLKLORE TODAY: A FESTSCHRIFT FOR RICHARD M. DORSON. Edited by LINDA DÉGH, HENRY GLASSIE and FELIX J. OINAS. Bloomington, Indiana University. 1976. xx+537 pp. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE 1206–1370. By JOHN ANDREW BOYLE. Variorum Reprints, London. 1977. 316 pp. Reviewed by C. R. Bawden.

SCOTTISH PLACE-NAMES, THEIR STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE. By W. F. H. NICOLAISEN. Batsford, London. 1976. 8vo, xxix+210 pp. £4.95. Reviewed by John McNeal Dodgson.

AMERICAN FOLK MEDICINE. Edited by WAYLAND D. HAND. University of California Press. Reviewed by Eric Trimmer.

ORAL POETRY. Its nature, significance and social content. By RUTH FINNEGAN. Cambridge University Press. 1977. Pp. 300. £7.50. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge &; Kegan Paul. £2.95. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.

THE OLD SONGS OF SKYE: FRANCES TOLMIE AND HER CIRCLE. By ETHEL BASSIN, ed. by DEREK BOWMAN. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, London. 1977. Pp. 227. £5.95. Reviewed by E. B. Lyle.

PROBLEME DER SAGENFORSCHUNG. VERHANDLUNGEN DER TAGUNG VERANSTALTET VON DER KOMMISSION FUR ERZÄHLUNGSFORSCHUNG DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR VOLKSKUNDE … 1973 IN FREIBURG IM BREISGAU. Ed. by L. RÖHRICH. Freiburg, Forschungsstelle Sage. 1973. Pp. 219, 3 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

B. P. SCHLIEPHACKE, MÄRCHEN, SEELE UND SINNBILD. Ed by E. KRACHT. Vol. 5 of the Schriften der Geselhchaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europaischen Völker. Münster (Verlag Aschendorff). 1974. Pp. 143. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

INDEX OF MEXICAN FOLKTALES. By STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies vol. 26. Berkeley (University of California Press), 1973. Pp. xxiii+276. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Collectanea

DANSK FOLKE DIGTNING. Edited by ERIK DAL. Copenhagen, Gyldendal, 1967. Pp. 363. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

PEDER LÅLE OG COD. BASIL. A. xi. 67. By IVER KJAER. (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier, nr. 5.) Copenhagen, 1964. Pp. 18 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

DET STORE SKIB OG DEN STORE GARD. By GUSTAV HENNINGSEM, (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier nr. 6.) Copenhagen 1964. Pp. 17 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

AHASVERUS IN DANEMARK. By ERIK DAL. (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier nr. 7.) Copenhagen, 1964. Pp. 26. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

TRIBES AND FORMS IN AFRICAN ART. By WILLIAM FAGG. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 24, plates 122, double spread; End Maps. 6 gns. net. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

RESEARCHES INTO THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF FOLK BALLAD. By LAJOS VARGYAS. Budapest, Academy of Sciences, 1967. Pp. 303. Reviewed by Margaret Dean-Smith.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. 42s. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

GARNERS GAY, Folk Song Today, No. 2; English Folk Songs collected by FRED HAMER. London, E.F.D.S. Publications, 1967. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Margaret Dean-Smith.

SCRIPTA INSTITUTI DONNERIANI ABOENSIS, I: Studies in Shamanism, edited by Carl-Martin Edsman. II: Fatalistic Beliefs in Religion, Folklore and Literature, edited by Helmer Ringgren. Stockholm, 1967. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

PAGAN SCANDINAVIA. By H. R. ELLIS DAVIDSON. Thames and Hudson, 1967. Pp. 214. 42s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WITCHCRAFT IN IRELAND. By PATRICK E. BYRNE. The Mercier Press. 5s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF THE FLATHEAD INDIANS. By ALAN P. MERRIAM. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1967. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology (edited by SOL TAX), no. 45. Pp. xvi + 403. Reviewed by Peter Crossley-Holland.

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE VIKING AGE. By JACQUELINE SIMPSON. London B. T. Batsford Ltd., and New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Pp. 208; 15 plates. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

DEUTSCHE VOLKSMÄRCHEN AUS RUSSLAND UND RUMÄNIEN. By A. CAMMANN. Monographien der Wittheit zu Bremen 6. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co. 1967. Pp. 456; Photos 35; Maps 3. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE WEIHNACHTSSCHÜTZEN DES BERCHTESGADENER LANDES UND IHR BRAUCHTUM. By RUDOLF KRISS. Berchtesgaden, Verlag Berchtesgadener Anzeiger, 1967. Pp. 196; 40 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DANISH BALLADS AND FOLK SONGS. Edited by ERIK DAL. Translated by HENRY MEYER. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1967. Pp. 303, 49, 50 kr. Reviewed by Aage Jørgensen.

THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS. By Roy CHRISTIAN. Country Life. 35s. Reviewed by Mary Hudleston.

THE GIANT OF CERNE ABBAS. By H. S. E. DEWAR. West Country Folklore, No. 1 (General Editor: Theo Brown). Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, the Toucan Press. Pp. 10, 1 plate. Price: 2s. 6d. Reviewed by Hilda R. Ellis Davidson.

FABELDYR OG SAGNFOLK. By BENGT HOLBEK and JØRN PIØ. Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen, 1967. 512; Illus. 200. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

Roman Villa,Discovered at Bisley,Gloucestershire

In 1973 the Watch Hill barrow in St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall was excavated and demonstrated to be a complex structure. However, at the time it was only possible to arrange two radiocarbon determinations, from the same pit in the base of the ditch. As part of postgraduate research carried out at the University of Exeter, the archive was revisited and funding obtained for a further four radiocarbon determinations from the ditch and central burial within the barrow. The six radiocarbon determinations together ranged between 2140 and 1680 cal. BC. The results are significant as they indicate that the site was in use over several centuries with the burial occurring towards the end of activity.     

A Study of the Folklore on the Coast of Connacht,Ireland.

CHIUS VINCTA OR THE OCCUPATION OF CHIOS BY THE TURKS (1566) AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND (1566–1912). DESCRIBED IN CONTEMPORARY DIPLOMATIC REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. Edited by PHILIP P. ARGENTI, with a preface by SIR STEPHEN GASELEE. Pp. cclxxxii + 264. Cambridge University Press. 25s. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

A JERSEYMAN AT OXFORD. By R. R. MARETT. Pp. xi+346. Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford). 15s. Reviewed by J. H. H.

THE LAND OF THE RAINBOW, POLAND AND HER PEOPLE. By VIOLET MASON. Pp. 322. Minerva, London. 1941. Reviewed by J. H. H.

IT HAPPENED IN HAMPSHIRE. Items of interest compiled and arranged by W. G. BEDDINGTON and E. B. CHRISTY. 8vo. 8½x5? in. Pp. 24. Price is. Published by The Hampshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 66a High Street, Winchester. Reviewed by P. J. Heather