Bücher der Reihe SpringerBriefs in Archaeological Heritage Management

Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years.

Constitutes proceedings of two roundtables and forums organized by Eszter Banffy, Peter Biehl, Douglas Comer, and Christopher Prescott and sponsored by European Association of Archaeologists and Society for American Archaeology held at 76th SAA annual conference in Sacramento in April 2011, and 17th EAA annual conference in Oslo in September 2011.

Ever since the signing of the World Heritage Convention 40 years ago and ratified by 33 African countries, to date, only 43 cultural heritage sites have been successfully proclaimed as World Heritage Sites in Africa.

This book will suggest new agendas for identity and heritage studies by means of presenting contentious issues facing archaeology and heritage management in a globalized world.

The publication explores the ways in which archaeological research can inform us about the manner and motives of European involvement in the development of a sovereign United States.

Archaeological Heritage in a Modern Urban Landscape evaluates issues about the preservation, social role and management of archaeological sites in the Trujillo area, north coast of Peru, specifically those of the Moche culture (100-800 AD).

In the 1970s and 1980s, there was large scale heritage conservation intervention of the Borobudur Temple by UNESCO and a simultaneous attempt of a wider landscapes management at Borobudur.But in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a global heritage discourse of an enlarged value system emerged.

This monograph analyzes current cultural resource management, archeological heritage management, and exhibitionary practices and policies in the People's Republic of China.

Part of the "Springerbriefs Archaeologial Heritage Management" series, this title gives the rising awareness and interest in aerial and satellite remote sensing, there is a need to familiarize archaeologists with the basic principles and applications of what have become the most useful technologies.

At the Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage site near Dunhuang city in Gansu Province, visitor numbers have increased inexorably since 1979 when the site opened.

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.

This book examines the relationship between archaeological tourism and professional archaeology. Moreover, just as histories of archaeology have largely ignored the connection between archaeology and tourism, so too has tourism in the reverse direction.

This book analyses the problematics of archaeological heritage management in the Canary Islands, which are echoed in other parts of the world where the indigenous heritage is under-represented.

Selected papers from the First International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage: Archaeology, held in Menorca in April 2012. (Foreword and page 1).