Approaches to the Archaeological Heritage

This book undertakes a comparative study of the history and development of legislative and administrative systems in operation today for the protection of archaeological monuments.

Henry Cleere (Author)

9780521112246, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 May 2009

152 pages
28 x 21 x 0.9 cm, 0.36 kg

This book undertakes a comparative study of the history and development of legislative and administrative systems in operation today for the protection of archaeological monuments. With the exception of Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, no country adopted a positive policy towards the protection and conservation of its archaeological and historical heritage until the twentieth century. Moreover, it was not until the middle of that century, under the threat of wholesale devastation from extensive schemes for social and economic development, that the accelerating disappearance of the sites and monuments of Antiquity became the object of intensive study and legislation. Since then systems of cultural resource management have developed throughout the world. A range of countries (from Europe, America, Asia and Africa) representing a diversity of political and ideological systems - capitalist, socialist and ex-colonial - have been selected as being broadly representative of the variety of these systems. The case studies have been written by distinguished archaeologists and provide critical evaluations of the objectives and shortcomings of these systems.

Notes on the contributors
Preface
1. Value and meaning in cultural resources William D. Lipe
2. Czechoslovakia Milan Princ
3. Denmark Kristian Kristiansen
4. Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Reichstein
5. France Alain Schnapp
6. Great Britain Henry Cleere
7. India B. K. Thapar
8. Italy Bruno d'Agostini
9. Japan Migaku Tanaka
10. Mexico Jose Luis Lorenzo
11. Nigeria Nwanna Nzewunwa
12. Peru Duccio Bonavia
13. United States of America Charles R. McGimsey III and Hester A. Davis
14. World cultural resource management: problems and perspectives Henry Cleere
Index.

Subject Areas: Archaeology [HD]