The ethics of archaeology
Subtitle: philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice
By: edited by Chris Scarre and Geoffrey Scarre.
Contributors: Scarre, Christopher.; Scarre, Geoffrey.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Archaeologists -- Professional ethics.; Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultures and the ownership of archaeological finds / James O. Young; title: Who guards the guardians? / Oliver Leaman; title: Is culture a commodity? / Robert Layton and Gillian Wallace; title: Moral arguments on subsistence digging / Julie Hollowell; title: Human subjects review and archaeology : a view from Indian country / Jeffrey C. Bendremer and Kenneth A. Richman; title: Trust and archaeological practice : towards a framework of virtue ethics / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T.J. Ferguson; title: Truthfulness and 'inclusion' in archaeology / David E. Cooper; title: Ethics and native American reburials : a philosopher's view of two decades of NAGPRA / Douglas P. Lackey; title: Stewardship gone astray? Ethics and the SAA / Leo Groarke and Gary Warrick; title: Can archaeology harm the dead? / Geoffrey Scarre; title: Archaeological ethics and the people of the past / Sarah Tarlow; title: A plea for responsibility towards the common heritage of mankind / Sandra M. Dingli; title: The ethics of the World Heritage concept / Atle Omland; title: What value a unicorn's horn? A study of archaeological uniqueness and value / Robin Coningham, Rachel Cooper and Mark Pollard.