Heritage of Value, Archaeology of Renown: Reshaping Archaeological Assessment and Significance

These essays urge archaeologists to reexamine and to change their basic assumptions about how we assign value to cultural places and, beyond that, how we should understand and manage our heritage throughout much of the world. At the heart of the complex field of cultural resource management is the work archaeologists do to determine the significance of a particular site. On a daily basis, they often face the question of what should be protected for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813027772
• ISBN13: 9780813027777
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"