""Scholars seeking a survey of the current status of national cultural heritage and cultural property legislation and regulations need look no further. Cultural Heritage Management brings together a worldwide selection of experts to explore both how--and how successfully--different nations deal with the past."--Alex W. Barker, University of Missouri, Columbia"Represents a valuable contribution to the field of heritage studies. Taking a g ..."
"What do we value about the past? In formulating policies about heritage preservation, that is the inevitable question, and deals not only with economic value but also the intangible value to individuals, communities and society as a whole. This interdisciplinary group of scholars—anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, educators, lawyers, heritage administrators, policy analysts, and consultants—make the first attempt to define an ..."
"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) has brought into sharp relief the conflicts among public and private collectors, scholars, and indigenous peoples over the provenience and disposition of cultural property, especially archaeological remains. First published in 1989 and now updated and enlarged, The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property explores the ethical, legal, and intellectual issues related to exc ..."
""Scholars seeking a survey of the current status of national cultural heritage and cultural property legislation and regulations need look no further. Cultural Heritage Management brings together a worldwide selection of experts to explore both how--and how successfully--different nations deal with the past."--Alex W. Barker, University of Missouri, Columbia. "Represents a valuable contribution to the field of heritage studies. Taking ..."
"What do we value about the past? In formulating policies about heritage preservation, that is the inevitable question, and deals not only with economic value but also the intangible value to individuals, communities and society as a whole. This interdisciplinary group of scholars―anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, educators, lawyers, heritage administrators, policy analysts, and consultants―make the first attempt to define an ..."
"The history of Pre-Columbian collecting is a social and aesthetic history--of ideas, people and organizations, and objects. This richly illustrated volume examines these histories by considering the collection and display of Pre-Columbian objects in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Some of the thirteen essays locate the collecting process within its broader cultural setting in order to explain how and why such collections w ..."
A Dream of Maya(1st Edition) Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon in Nineteenth Century Yucatan by Lawrence Gustave Desmond, PhyllisMauchMessenger Paperback, 147 Pages, Published 1988 by Univ Of New Mexico Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1000-2, ISBN: 0-8263-1000-1
"In describing the value of the program, Francis Leblanc, then president of
ICOMOS Canada, described the parks as preserving precious heritage resources
from the adverse impacts of the modern economic system. They were successful,
stated Leblanc, because the resources represented by the parks are intangibles.
The French Natural Regional Parks were an early expression of the managed
landscape approach as defined by the ICOMOS Cultura ..."