Challenging the Dichotomy - The Licit and the Illicit in Archaeological and Heritage Discourses

Challenging the Dichotomy explores how dichotomies regarding heritage dominate the discussions of ethics, practices, and institutions. Contributing authors underscore the challenge to the old paradigms from multiple forces. The case studies and discourses, both ethnographic and archaeological, arise from a wide variety of regional contexts and cultures.

About the author

Les Field is a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, where he is the chair of the Department of Anthropology.

Cristóbal Gnecco is a professor of anthropology at the Universidad del Cauca in Colombia. He is the editor of many books, including Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology in Latin America.

Joe Watkins is the supervisory anthropologist and chief of the Tribal Relations and American Cultures Program for the National Park Service. Previously, he was the director of the Native American Studies Program and an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.

Product details

• Assisted by: Les Field (Editor), Cristobal Gnecco (Editor), Joe Watkins (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9780816556243
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5624-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 454 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology