1. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Exploring the Relationships Between Community, Archaeological Heritage and Local Government -- Part I: The Challenges and Accomplishments of Local Government Archaeology Programs in the Commonwealth of Nations -- 2. Planning Archaeology in World Cities: Looking at London -- 3. Preservation, Participation, and the Pursuit of Knowledge: Strategic Policy and A…
Introduction: Hunter-Gatherers in a Fast Changing World -- Part I: The Historical Legacy -- 1. The Fortunes of Foragers in Colonial and Post-Colonial New Guinea -- 2. When is a Foraging Society? The Loplik in the Tarim Basin -- Part II: Environmental Change -- 3. Trailing Forest Uses Among the Punan Tubu of North Kalimantan, Indonesia -- 4. Bushmeat Crisis, Forestry Reforms and Contemporary Hun…
Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Theory and practice of archaeology under communism: key characteristics -- 3: Archaeology in Bolshevik Russia -- 4: Archaeology and Marxism in Poland: a personal account -- 5: Historical Observations on Archaeology in the Polish People’s Republic 1945-1989 -- 6: Czech archaeology under communism -- 7: "A number of valuable guidance received by researchers who…
Part I. The Emergence of Democracy in Bands and Tribes -- Chapter 1. Civilizations Peculiarities and Ideal Typicalities -- Chapter 3. Social Structure and Conflict Groups -- Chapter 4. Legitimation Process -- Chapter 5. Economy and Polity -- Chapter 6. Warfare and Religion -- Chapter 7. Chapter 7. Civilizational Peculiarities vs. Ideal Typicalities -- Chapter 8. Social Structure and Conflict Gr…
Introduction -- Museum Necropoleis of Saint Petersburg. A Brief History -- Stone Materials of the Necropoleis Monuments -- Outdoor Environment of the Monuments in the Necropoleis -- Decay of the Monuments -- Changes in the Necropoleis Monuments’ Status Over Time -- Monitoring of the State of Stone and Bronze Monuments -- Methods of Monument Protection from Damages and their Performance -- Con…
Introduction and Introductory Reflections -- Part I Beyond the Current – New Political Commitments -- Culture as an Enabler for Sustainable Development - Challenges for the World Heritage Convention in Adopting the UN Sustainable Development Goals -- The Potential of Culture for Sustainable Development in Heritage Studies -- Natural World Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Part…
Section I: History and Practice -- Section II: Early Occupations of Asia -- Section III: Changing Human-Environment Relations from Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene -- Section IV: Villages, Towns, and Cities: Development of Cultural and Social Complexity -- Section V: Center, Peripheries, and Interaction Networks -- Section VI: The Transition to History.The Handbook of East and Southeast Asian…
Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Collision or Collaboration? Archaeology Encounters Economic Development (Peter G. Gould) -- Chapter 2: The Future of Cultural Heritage Management: Ethics and Development (Fekri Hassan) -- Chapter 3: Protection and Conservation of Archaeological Heritage in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges (Stephen Chia Ming Soon) -- Chapter 4: UNESCO, World Heritage and Sustai…
Part I: Introduction -- 1. An Introduction to Heritage in Action (Emma Waterton, Steve Watson and Helaine Silverman) -- Part II: Making and Remaking Heritage -- 2. The Case for Ethical Guidelines: Preventing Conflict in the Selection of World Heritage Sites (Michael Angelo Liwanag) -- 3. Restoring a Nyingma Buddhist Monastery, Nepal (Hayley Saul and Emma Waterton) -- 4. Reconnections (Steve Wat…
This book explores aspects of the ancient civilization in West Asia, which has had a great impact on modern human society—agriculture, metallurgy, cities, writing, regional states, and monotheism, all of which appeared first in West Asia during the tenth to first millennia BC. The editors specifically use the term "West Asia" since the "Middle East" is seen as an Eurocentric term. By using th…