The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology

Robin Skeates is Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.Carol McDavid is Executive Director at the Community Archaeology Research Institute, Inc. (CARI) in Houston, Texas.John Carman is Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuation at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham.

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; I. HISTORIES OF PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY; II. RESEARCHING PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY; III. MANAGING PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES; IV. WORKING AT ARCHAEOLOGY WITH THE PUBLIC: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND DEBATES; ARCHAEOLOGISTS AS PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVANTS; PUBLIC INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION; PUBLIC LEARNING AND EDUCATION IN THE USA; WORKING WITH PARTICULAR PUBLICS; INDEX

This is a book that archaeologists in many periods and parts of the world should have on their shelves.