Additional Information

Language

English

Source Type

Edited Volume

Notes

I. Meaning and Memory
Culture, Heritage, and Ethics / Constantine Sandis
Poppy Politics: Remembrance of Things Present / James Fox
The Meaning of the Public in an Age of Privatisation / Benjamin Ramm

II. History and Archaeology
History as Heritage: Producing the Present in Post-War Sri Lanka / Nira Wickramasinghe
Looking at the Acropolis of Athens from Modern Times to Antiquity / William St Clair
South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices / Sudeshna Guha
The Ethics of Digging / Geoffrey Scarre

III. Ownership and Restitution
'National' Heritage and Scholarship / Sir John Boardman
Fear of Cultural Objects / Tom Flynn
Restitution / Sir Mark Jones

IV. Management and Protection
The Possibilities and Perils of Heritage Management / Michael F. Brown
Values in World Heritage Sites / Geoffrey Belcher
Safeguarding Heritage: From Legal Rights over Objects to Legal Rights for Individuals and Communities? / Marie Cornu

Taxonomies

RPA Codes & Standards

• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
• Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation
• Specimen and Research Record Storage

CIfA Codes

• Principle 1: Adherence to ethical and responsible behaviour in archaeological affairs
• Principle 2: Responsibility for the conservation of the historic environment
• Principle 4: Responsibility for the availability of archaeological results within reasonable dispatch

Keywords & Terms

• Impact on Communities - Local, Descendant, etc.
• Integrity of Research Methodology and Field Procedures
• International Law
• Local, State, Federal, and Tribal Laws
• Management of Cultural Resources, Heritage, History
• Ownership
• Public Interest, Collaboration, Education, and Outreach
• Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis

Topics & Issues

• Ethical Responsibilities of Archaeologists
• Ethics of Collecting
• Heritage and Archaeological Tourism
• Heritage Management
• Historic/Cultural Resource/Site Preservation
• Interpreting the Past
• Monuments and Commemoration
• Public Memory and Public Space