Managing Archaeology

by Carman,John

• ISBN13: 9780415106740
• ISBN10: 0415106745
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-11-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Effective management is becoming increasingly important in all aspects of archaeology. Archaeologists must manage the artifacts they deal with, their funding, ancient sites, as well as the practice of archaeology itself. The outstanding papers inManagingArchaeologyare from experts involved in these many areas of archaeology. Managing Archaeologyconcentrates on the ideas and principles of management and relates them to archaeology in the 1990s, covering such crucial areas as the management of contract and field archaeology, heritage management, marketing, law and information technology.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Values	p. 17
The Importance of Things	p. 19
Marketing Nostalgia	p. 33
Value Systems in Archaeology	p. 40
Ghosts in the Machine	p. 51
General Management Theory	p. 69
The Archaeological Manager	p. 71
Trying to Make It Happen	p. 89
Archaeologists in the Marketplace	p. 101
The Bad, the Good and the Ugly	p. 119
Applications	p. 135
The Monuments Protection Programme	p. 137
Square Pegs in Round Holes	p. 146
The Impact of Information Technology on the Practice of Archaeological Management	p. 163
Preparing Archaeologists for Management	p. 175
The Management of Archaeological Projects	p. 189
Project Management in a Changing World	p. 208
Rocking the Boat	p. 216
Management Objectives	p. 224
Conclusion	p. 235
Glossary of Terms	p. 242
Index	p. 251
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