Cultural resource management in contemporary society : perspectives on managing and presenting the past / edited by Francis P. MacManamon and Alf Hatton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: considering cultural resource management in modern society -- F P. MM / Francis P. McManamon -- chapter 2 The future of Cameroon's past -- R N.A / Raymond N. Asombang -- chapter 3 Third World development and the threat to resource conservation: the case of Africa -- C.A.F / C.A. Folorunso -- chapter 4 The protection of archaeological resources in the United States: reconciling preservation with contemporary society -- F P. MM / Francis P. McManamon -- chapter 5 Conflict between preservation and development in Japan: the challenges for rescue archaeologists / Katsuyuki Okamura -- chapter 6 Archaeological heritage management in Northern Ireland: challenges and solutions / Ann Hamlin -- chapter 7 Now we know: the role of research in archaeological conservation practices in England -- A.J.S / A.J. Schofield -- chapter 8 Protection of the environment and the role of archaeology / Brit Solli -- chapter 9 The World Heritage Convention in the Third World / Henry Cleere -- chapter 10 Heritage management in Rhode Island: working with diverse partners and audiences -- P A.R C C.T / Paul A. Robinson -- chapter 11 Heritage management by American Indian tribes in the Southwestern United States -- R A, T.J.F J R.W / United States Roger Anyon -- chapter 12 The Arkansas Archeological Survey: a statewide cooperative programme to preserve the past -- T J.G H A.D / Thomas J. Green -- chapter 13 Articulation between archaeological practice and local politics in northwest Argentina -- M C M / northwest Argentina Maria Clara Medina -- chapter 14 Lebanon's archaeological heritage on trial in Beirut: what future for Beirut's past? / Helga Seeden -- chapter 15 Regional aspects of state policy relating to the protection of the cultural heritage and natural environment in the Russian Federation -- Y.S.K, G.Z.V E.M.B / Y.S. Kiryakov -- chapter 16 Documentation at Vijayanagara: an experiment in surface archaeology -- J M.F / John M. Fritz -- chapter 17 Following fashion: the ethics of archaeological conservation -- C A.P / Clifford A. Price -- chapter 18 Bringing archaeology to the public: programmes in the Southwestern United States -- S LT H / United States Shereen Lerner -- chapter 19 Reducing the illegal trafficking in antiquities -- F P. MM S D.M / Francis P. McManamon -- chapter 20 America's archaeological heritage: protection through education -- J M.M / Jeanne M. Moe -- chapter 21 Public interpretation, education and outreach: the growing predominance in American archaeology -- J H.J, J / John H. Jameson, Jr -- chapter 22 The crisis of representation in archaeological museums / Nick Merriman -- chapter 23 Museums and the promotion of environmental understanding and heritage conservation / Peter Davis -- chapter 24 Teaching archaeology at the Museum San Miguel de Azapa in northernmost Chile -- J C-G / Julia Cordova-González.

This innovative collection of essays from an international range of contributors describes various means of preserving, protecting and presenting vital cultural resources within the context of economic development, competing claims of ""ownership"" of particular cultural resources, modern uses of structures and space, and other aspects of late twentieth-century life.

English.

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