The Ethics of archaeology: philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice

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List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction / Chris Scarre and Geoffrey Scarre -- Pt. I. The ownership of cultural objects -- 2. Cultures and the ownership of archaeological finds / James O. Young -- 3. Who guards the guardians? / Oliver Leaman -- 4. Is culture a commodity? / Robert Layton and Gillian Wallace -- 5. Moral arguments on subsistence digging / Julie Hollowell -- Pt. II. Archaeologists and the living -- 6. Human subjects review and archaeology: a view from Indian country / Jeffrey C. Bendremer and Kenneth A. Richman -- 7. Trust and archaeological practice: towards a framework of virtue ethics / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T.J. Ferguson -- 8. Truthfulness and 'inclusion' in archaeology / David E. Cooper -- 9. Ethics and Native American reburials: a philosopher's view of two decades of NAGPRA / Douglas P. Lackey -- 10. Stewardship gone astray? Ethics and the SAA / Leo Groarke and Gary Warrick -- Pt. III. Archaeologists and the dead -- 11. Can archaeology harm the dead? / Geoffrey Scarre -- 12. Archaeological ethics and the people of the past / Sarah Tarlow -- Pt. IV. The common heritage of humankind? -- 13. A plea for responsibility towards the common heritage of mankind / Sandra M. Dingli -- 14. The ethics of the world heritage concept / Atle Omland -- 15. What value a unicorn's horn? A study of archaeological uniqueness and value / Robin Coningham, Rachel Cooper and Mark Pollard -- References -- Index

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