Managing archaeology

Managing Archaeology explores the interdependence of theory and practice in archaeology and demonstrates how management renders simplistic divisions between the two counter-productive.

This volume is an introduction to a wide range of exciting perspectives on the relationship between archaeology and modern society. The authors examine vital concerns relating to the management of archaeology including the character of archaeological heritage and how concepts of value arise.

The volume investigates the relevance and usefulness of management approaches developed in other fields, and includes a section on the development of management within archaeology.

It includes many applications of theory to practice, using specific examples drawn from archaeology in the 1990s.

Mim Bower, University of Cambridge; Timothy Darvill, University of Bournemouth; Ellen McAdam, Oxford Archaeology Unit; Marion Blockley, University of Birmingham; Carole