EAN: 9783319927558

FEASIBLE MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE ...

Archaeological sites opened to the public  and especially those highly photogenic sites that
have achieved iconic status  are often major tourist attractions. By opening an archaeological
site to tourism  threats and opportunities will emerge.The threats are to the archaeological
record  the pre-historic or historic materials in context at the site that can provide facts
about human history and the human relationship to the environment. The opportunities are to
share what can be learned at archaeological sites and how it can be learned. The latter is
important because doing so can build a public constituency for archaeology that appreciates and
will support the potential of archaeology to contribute to conversations about contemporary
issues  such as the root causes and possible solutions to conflict among humans and the social
implications of environmental degradation. In this volume we will consider factors that render
effective management of archaeological sites open to the public feasible  and therefore
sustainable. We approach this in two ways: The first is by presenting some promising ways to
assess and enhance the feasibility of establishing effective management. Assessing feasibility
involves examining tourism potential  which must consider the demographic sectors from which
visitors to the site are drawn or might be in the future  identifying preservation issues
associated with hosting visitors from the various demographic sectors  and the possibility and
means by which local communities might be engaged in identifying issues and generating
long-term support for effective management. The second part of the book will provide brief case
studies of places and ways in which the feasibility of sustainable management has been
improved.

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