Synopses & Reviews
Archaeologists, anthropologists and philosophers explore the key ethical questions facing archaeologists today.
Review
"This book should be read by all archaeologists and those with an interest in practical ethics. Highly recommended." -- Choice
Synopsis
What role do ethics have to play in archaeology? This collection brings together experts from the worlds of archaeology, anthropology and philosophy to offer new insights into the key ethical dilemmas facing archaeology today. Timely and stimulating, this collection is required reading for all students and practitioners of archaeology.
About the Author
Chris Scarre is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham. His previous publications include Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe (ed.) (2002) and The Human Past: A Textbook of World Prehistory (ed.) (2005).Geoffrey Scarre is Reader at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Durham. He is the author of After Evil: Responses to Wrongdoing (2004) and the editor of Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust (2003).
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Chris Scarre and Geoffrey Scarre; Part I. The Ownership of Cultural Objects: 2. Cultures and the ownership of archaeological finds James O. Young; 3. Who guards the guardians? Oliver Leaman; 4. Is culture a commodity? Robert Layton and Gillian Wallace; 5. Moral arguments on subsistence digging Julie Hollowell; Part II. Archaeologists and the Living: 6. Human subjects review and archaeology: a view from Indian country Jeffrey C. Bendremer and Kenneth A. Richman; 7. Trust and archaeological practice: towards a framework of virtue ethics Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T. J. Ferguson; 8. Truthfulness and âinclusionâin archaeology David Cooper; 9. Ethics and native American reburials: a philosopherâs view of two decades of NAGPRA Douglas P. Lackey; 10. Stewardship gone astray? Ethics and the SAA Leo Groarke and Gary Warrick; Part III. Archaeologists and the Dead: 11. Can archaeology harm the dead? Geoffrey Scarre; 12. Archaeological ethics and the people of the past Sarah Tarlow; Part IV. The Common Heritage of Humankind?: 13. A plea for responsibility towards the common heritage of mankind Sandra M. Dingli; 14. The ethics of the World Heritage concept Atle Omland; 15. What value a unicornâs horn? A study of archaeological uniqueness and value Robin Coningham, Rachel Cooper and Mark Pollard.