Archaeological Resource Management in the UK: An IntroductionJohn Hunter, Ian Ralston A. Sutton, 1993 - 277 pages Examines the impact on the archaeology profession of heritage management and legislation, stricter planning controls, changing land use, and the pressure of public concern and commercial interest regarding archaeological sites. Among the discussions are the problems of field work, the management of |
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Page 17
... past more widely and equally access- ible to all social groups . This move was linked to the increasing commercialization of heritage . Archaeology and museums came to be part of the post - modern age . The concern was to make the past ...
... past more widely and equally access- ible to all social groups . This move was linked to the increasing commercialization of heritage . Archaeology and museums came to be part of the post - modern age . The concern was to make the past ...
Page 227
... past is dead , that we are close to the top rung of the ladder of progress . In such ways we reinforce our feelings of superiority to the societies of the past , and teach people to be contemptuous of those ' primitive ' peoples from ...
... past is dead , that we are close to the top rung of the ladder of progress . In such ways we reinforce our feelings of superiority to the societies of the past , and teach people to be contemptuous of those ' primitive ' peoples from ...
Page 230
... past as if it is known and fully reconstructible . It demands no mental effort to interpret the past , but it does have the advantage of ethnographic enquiry . The strangeness and difference of past ways of life can be appreciated if ...
... past as if it is known and fully reconstructible . It demands no mental effort to interpret the past , but it does have the advantage of ethnographic enquiry . The strangeness and difference of past ways of life can be appreciated if ...
Contents
the relationships between theory and practice | 11 |
The British archaeological database | 19 |
The structure of British archaeology | 30 |
Copyright | |
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