‘Let’s not go to the dogs tonight’: Rhetoric as a Strategy of Accountability in Archaeological Outreach

This chapter focuses on the relationship between experts, expertise and the public. I argue that any discipline needs the public, both to ask new questions and to ensure responsible decisions. To achieve this, I argue that we need many different, often disadvantaged groups to engage with archaeology. Synecdoche may be one way of achieving this, and the dogs of religion may illustrate how synecdoche works.