Responsibility for the Past, Responsibility to the Present

Summary

Decisions about site preservation and public presentation are where archaeologists can bring collaboration with local and descendant communities to bear on policy decisions about heritage management and tourist development. The fact that these are decisions with direct political and sometimes economic import does not absolve archaeologists from engagement. In fact, it is in exactly this arena that engagement of archaeologists with the local communities and a suite of heritage stakeholders is most important for making decisions about preservation, but also for the human rights associated with heritage identity.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Why Social Archaeology Matters

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