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This volume provides case studies about successful strategies employed in diverse world areas for the protection of archaeological heritage resources. Some chapters focus on a search for solutions arrived at by diverse groups of people working in specific areas rather than simply describing loss of cultural heritage. Other chapters provide a long-term view of intensified efforts at protection of archaeological resources. The authors describe challenges and solutions derived by concerned people in eastern Asia (China, Japan, Thailand), West Africa, Easter Island, Jordan, Honduras and more than one area of Peru. All of the authors draw upon deep, personal involvement with the protection of cultural heritage in each area. This volume is a timely addition to a growing number of conferences and publications about the management of cultural heritage-both archaeological and historical.
List of contents
Forward (Anne P. Underhill and Lucy C. Salazar).- Chapter 1: The History of Perception and Protection of Cultural Heritage in China (LI Jian, FANG Hui, and Anne P. Underhill).- Chapter 2: Strategies of Cultural Heritage Management in Hokkaido, Northern Japan from the Perspective of Public Archaeology (ABE Chiharu).- Chapter 3: The Ruinscape: UNESCO, the State and the Construction of Identity and Heritage in Phimai, Thailand (Helaine Silverman).- Chapter 4: A Success too Sweet: Who Sheds Tears When Looting Ends? (Roderick J. McIntosh).- Chapter 5: Seeking Solutions: An Archaeological Approach to Conservation of a Threatened Heritage on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Christian Fischer, Mónica Bahamondez Prieto, and Cristián Arévalo Pakarati).- Chapter 6: Analyzing "Markets" for Sustainable Preservation: A Jordanian Case Study (Lawrence S. Coben).- Chapter 7: The Machu Picchu Solution: A New Approach to Cultural Patrimony Disputes (Lucy C. Salazar and Richard L. Burger).- Chapter 8: Participation of the Local Community in Archaeological Heritage Management in the North Highlands of Peru (Yuji Seki).- Chapter 9: Huaca Del Sol Y De La Luna Project: Inclusion with Local and Regional Social Development (Santiago Uceda Castillo).- Chapter 10: New Approaches to Community Stewardship, Education, and Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Rastrojón, Copan, Honduras (William L. Fash, Barbara W. Fash, and Jorge Ramos).
About the author
Anne P. Underhill is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University and Curator at the Yale Peabody Museum. Her interests include the development of complex societies in East Asia, the archaeology of East Asia, craft specialization, ceramic ethnoarchaeology, settlement organization, analysis of mortuary ritual and museums. Underhill’s field research has focused on settlement survey and excavations at Longshan sites in the Rizhao area of Shandong, China. In 2008 she was honored for her contributions by Premier Wen Jiabao with a National Friendship Award of the People’s Republic of China.
Lucy C. Salazar is a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University and a Curatorial Affiliate at the Yale Peabody Museum. She is an authority on Inca archaeology and the early prehistory of Peru. She has over three decades of experience in archeological fieldwork and museum research, and has co-directed numerous excavations in Peru. Salazar has written extensively on daily life at Machu Picchu, has several chapters in books and has received grant support for her work on the Incas from the NEH, NSF and the Josef Albers Fund. She coauthored the book Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (2004). She has served at the Board of the Center for the Study of Machu Picchu and the Inca Culture at the National University, San Antonio de Abad, Cuzco (2012). She is involved in the study, research and conservation of the Bingham Collections and has installed the very successful traveling exhibit Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas.
