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The Ethics of Cultural Heritage
It is widely acknowledged that all archaeological research is embedded within cultural, political and economic contexts, and that all archaeological research falls under the heading ‘heritage’. Most archaeologists now work in museums and other cultural institutions, government agencies, non-government organisations and private sector companies, and this diversity ensures that debates contin…
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- 978-1-4939-1649-8
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- XVII, 219, 21 illustrations in colour
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- Ethical Archaeologies: The Politics of Social Justice
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Materializing Colonial Encounters: Archaeologies of African Experience
This volume investigates the material production and expression of colonial experiences in Africa. It combines archaeological, historical, and ethnographic sources to explore the diverse pathways, practices, and projects constructed by Africans in their engagement with the forces of colonial modernity and capitalism. This volume is situated in ongoing debates in archaeological and anthropologic…
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- 978-1-4939-2633-6
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Nanotechnologies in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
This book presents novel applications of nanotechnology for the preservation of artistic and historical artifacts. It explains the scientific principles behind numerous nanomaterials and discusses their applications to different types of common movable and fixed artistic substrates. It starts with an overview of the nano-tools developed over the last three decades, such as dispersions of nanopa…
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- 1
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- 978-94-017-9302-5
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- X, 144
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