Archaeologists have long been interested in contemporary material culture, but only recently
has a dedicated subfield of archaeology of the contemporary world begun to emerge …

An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age, between the
late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, as an archaeological period defined by specific …

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The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in
preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological …

Archaeology has been an important source of metaphors for some of the key intellectuals of
the twentieth century (Schnapp et al. 2004; Thomas 2004), including philosophers, writers …

This book challenges traditional approaches to heritage interpretation and offers an
alternative theoretical architecture to the current research and practice. Russell Staiff …

What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous
city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael …

Those of us who have pushed for recognition of 'the intangible'in heritage work are also
those who tend to stress the 'cultural'in cultural heritage. We try to resist the tendency of …

This paper discusses the efficacy of applying a framework of universal human rights to
resolve heritage conflicts. It considers the pitfalls and potentials in particular heritage …