Public Archaeology 

About: Public Archaeology is an academic journal published by Maney Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Cultural heritage management & Cultural heritage. It has an ISSN identifier of 1465-5187. Over the lifetime, 352 publications have been published receiving 4245 citations.

What is Archaeological Ethnography

Abstract: In this introductory essay to this volume, we chart and survey an emerging field, that of archaeological ethnography We show its links and associations with both disciplinary and social-political trends in archaeology and in social anthropology in the last decades, and discuss some of the key recent work that has been carried out under this rubric We argue that archaeological ethnography needs to be defined broadly, as a trans-disciplinary and transcultural space that enables researchers and diverse publics to engage in various conversations, exchanges, and interventions Material traces from various times are at the centre of this emerging space The production of his space requires a radical rethinking of the ontological and epistemological basis of archaeology, questioning the modernist roots of official archaeologies, and demonstrating the existence of other, public discourses, practices and engagements with the material past which can be defined as alternative archaeologies Archaeological

Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage

Abstract: List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsPart I. The Ambivalence of HeritageChapter One. A New Approach to HeritageChapter Two. Cartographies of PatrimonyPart II: "Maya Archaeology as the Mayas See It"Chapter Three. Chichen Itza: A Century of PrivatizationChapter Four. By Blood or by Sweat: Shaping Rights to World HeritageChapter Five. Chunchucmil: Ambivalence in a Heritage LandscapeChapter Six. Archaeology, Ejidos, and Space-Claiming TechniquesConclusion. Docile Descendants and Illegitimate Heirs: The Ambivalence Of InheritanceNotesReferencesIndex

Community archaeology: general methods and standards of practice

Abstract: Community archaeology seeks to diversify the voices involved in the interpretation of the past. This sub-discipline, one of the fastest growing areas of the field, facilitates mutual education between archaeologists and communities. Wider recognition for the field is, however, hindered by the fact that it lacks a clear methodological structure. In this analysis the various forms in which community archaeology is practised are addressed through six diverse case studies. The underlying principles of these examples are collated through a detailed comparison with the seven-part general methodology proposed by the Community Archaeology Project Quseir, Egypt (CAPQ), with which I have now worked for four years. The Quseir Project offers the most explicit community archaeology methodology published to date.I demonstrate that a shared underlying community approach exists. I then propose an enhanced, wider-reaching methodology for the practice of community archaeology. I conclude that this more explicit met...

Making things public Archaeologies of the Spanish Civil War

Abstract: The archaeology of recent traumatic events, such as genocides, mass political killings and armed conflict, is inevitably controversial. This is also the case for the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), where the incipient archaeology of the confrontation is marked by bitter debates: Should this conflicting past be remembered or forgotten? Which version of the past is going to be remembered? What are the best politics of memory for a healthy democracy? The archaeologies of the war face manifold problems: the lack of interest in academia, which fosters amateurism; the great divide between public and scientific practice; the narrow perspectives of some undertakings; the lack of coordination among practitioners, and the threats to the material remains of the war. An integrated archaeology of the conflict, which helps to make things public, is defended here.