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Cultural Resource Management in Contemporary Societyby Francis P. MacManamon; Alf Hatton
Routledge 1999; US$ 200.00Cultural Resource Management in Contemporary Society describes various means of preserving, protecting and presenting vital cultural resources within the context of economic development and other aspects of 20th century life. more...
Story of the Roman Amphitheatreby D. L. Bomgardner
Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95David Bomgardner traces the origins and development of the Roman amphitheatre. This lucid and accessible work is beautifully illustrated with 141 plans and photographs. more...
Elements of Archaeological Conservationby J. M. Cronyn
Routledge 1990; US$ 51.95A unique book which may be used as a reference work for non-professional conservators who work with excavated materials and as an introduction for those training as archaeological conservators. more...
Roman Villasby J.T. Smith
Routledge 1998; US$ 44.95Roman Villas provides a meticulously documented and scholarly examination of the relationship between the living quarters of the Romans and their social and economic development. more...
Illicit Antiquitiesby Neil Brodie; Kathryn Walker Tubb
Routledge 2001; US$ 170.00This volume highlights the deleterious effects of the trade in cultural heritage, but in particular it focuses upon questions of legal and local responses to the exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain. more...
Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Propertyby R Layton; P Stone; J Thomas
Routledge 2001; US$ 193.00This work asks whether the idea of world heritage is an essential mechanism for the protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage, or whether it subjugates a diversity of cultural traditions to specifically Western ideas. more...
Building on the Pastby G. McGill
Spon Press 1995; US$ 260.00This comprehensive guide provides planners, developers, architects and archaeologists with an analysis of the conflicts between the archaeological development and planning processes. more...
Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritageby Laurajane Smith
Routledge 2004; US$ 43.95This is a much-needed survey of how relationships between indigenous peoples and the archaeological establishment have got into difficulties, and a pointer towards how things could move forward. more...
Contemporary Theory of Conservationby Salvador Munoz-Vinas
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 30.95Classical theories of conservation are well known in the heritage community, but in the last two decades thinking has shifted, and classical theory has faced increasing criticism. Contemporary Theory of Conservation brings together current ideas in conservation theory, presenting a structured, coherent analysis of the subject for the first time. This engaging and readable text is split into 3 parts. The first, Fundamentals of conservation, addresses the identity of conservation itself, and problems arising when classical conservation theories are applied. The second part, Questioning classical theories, delves deeper into the criticism of classical ideas such as reversibility. This leads on to the creation of new paradigms such as sustainability,... more...
Forensic Art and Illustrationby Karen T. Taylor
CRC Press 2000; US$ 119.95This text proceeds through explanations of facial anatomy, practical methodologies and techniques and case examples in forensic art. It uses illustrations and photographs to depict art methods used in identifying and locating crime victims and criminal offenders. more...









