Description
The human cost in any conflict is of course the first care in terms of the reduction, if not the elimination of damage. However, the destruction of archaeology and heritage as a consequence of civil and international wars is also of major concern, and the irreversible loss of monuments and sites through conflict has been increasingly discussed and documented in recent years.
Post-Conflict Archaeology and Cultural Heritage draws together a series of papers from archaeological and heritage professionals seeking positive, pragmatic and practical ways to deal with conflict-damaged sites. For instance, by showing that conflict-damaged cultural heritage and archaeological sites are a valuable resource rather than an inevitable casualty of war, and suggesting that archaeologists use their skills and knowledge to bring communities together, giving them ownership of, and identification with, their cultural heritage.
The book is a mixture of the discussion of problems, suggested planning solutions and case studies for both archaeologists and heritage managers. It will be of interest to heritage professionals, archaeologists and anyone working with post-conflict communities, as well as anthropology, archaeology, and heritage academics and their students at a range of levels.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1
Conflict: People, Heritage and Archaeology
Paul Newson and Ruth Young
Section 2: Legal Frameworks
Chapter 2
Cultural Heritage Destruction in the Middle East: UNESCO’s Work to Mitigate Damage and Plan for Recovery
Nada al-Hassan
Chapter 3
The Need for Pre-Conflict Planning for Cultural Property Protection in the Event of Armed Conflict
Chris McDaid
Section 3: Strategies – Post-Conflict
Chapter 4
Post Conflict Heritage and Recovery: A Role for the Military
Laurie W. Rush
Chapter 5
Conflict, Memory and Material Culture: the Archaeology of the Contestado War in Brazil (1912-1916)
Jaisson Teixeira Lino, James Symonds and Pedro Paulo Funari
Chapter 6
The Importance of Cultural Heritage in Enhancing a Syrian National Identity and the role of local non-state actors in preserving it
Amr Al-Azm
Chapter 7
Reconstructing Post-Conflict Heritage in Rwanda
John Giblin
Section 4: Methodologies of Recording
Chapter 8
Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA): approach and possible solutions
Robert Bewley
Chapter 9
A Post-conflict scenario in the Caucasus region: a documentation drive to assess monumental heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
Alvaro Higueras
Chapter 10
Maximising information from conflict-damaged sites: a case study from Lebanon.
Paul Newson and Ruth Young
Section 5: Community Building
Chapter 11
In the aftermath of violence: heritage and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland
Audrey Horning and Colin Breen
Chapter 12
After Angkor: an Archaeological Perspective on Heritage and Capacity-Building in Cambodia
Miriam Stark and Heng Piphal
Chapter 13
Archaeology from below in Swat, Pakistan. Heritage and social mobilization in a post-conflict reality
Luca M. Olivieri
Section 6: Contingent Solutions – The Archaeologist’s Role
Chapter 14
Archaeology in Post-War El Salvador
Kathryn E. Sampeck
Chapter 15
Mes Aynak (Afghanistan), Global Standards and Local Practices
Hans H. Curvers
Index
