Role of Public Archaeology in management of prehistoric cultural heritage in India
Channel: European Association of Archaeologists
Date: 17/10/2018

Cultural Heritage Management is a global issue of the Twenty-first Century. It plays an important role in protection of archaeological materials and sites. There are number of legislations for protection of the archaeological sites as well as artefacts in India. But in most of the cases these legislations have been applied in historical sites and monuments. Prehistoric men constantly lived in different parts of India and left there traces in stratigraphical deposition belongs different geological period. Minimum effort has been taken to protect the prehistoric sites and have been destroyed day by day. Present study is an approach to explore the problems and prospect of Cultural Heritage Management in protection of prehistoric sites and find out the alternative way and role of public archaeology in the protection of those prehistoric sites.

Author: Mr. MONDAL, DEBASIS - CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY; ASIATIC SOCIETY (Presenting author)