文档介绍：PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY
Increasing public interest and participation in archaeology have ensured that
the relationship between archaeology, heritage and the public is now studied
as a subject in its own right. This volume, written by contributors from the
UK, North and South America, Africa, Australia and China, provides a much
needed survey of the relationship from an international perspective.
The focus is on two key themes: communication and interpretation,
and public stakeholders – the people anisations who participate in archae-
ology, from schoolchildren to state bodies. The case studies range from
munities and archaeology, a scheme to bring treasure hunters
and archaeologists together, and public archaeology in Brazil and the USA,
to involving the public in museum archaeology, and the use of the
and the media to reach out to wider audiences.
As one of the first books to concentrate on different aspects of public archae-
ology around the world, this will be a valuable guide to the issues involved for
both students and practitioners in archaeology and heritage.
Nick Merriman is Reader in Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage at the
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and curator of UCL
Museums and Collections. His previous publications include Beyond the Glass
Case: The Past, the Heritage and the Public in Britain (1991, 2000) and Making
Early Histories in Museums (1999).
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY
Edited by Nick Merriman
First published 2004
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
© 2004 selection and editorial matter, Nick Merriman;
individual chapters, the contributors
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