Presenting Archaeology to the Public

Digging for Truths

Edited by John H. Jameson

Paperback - £47.00

Publication date:

04 February 1997

Length of book:

288 pages

Publisher

AltaMira Press

Dimensions:

229x154mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780761989097

In the face of increasing public interest and demand for information, archaeologists are collaborating with historians, museum curators, and exhibit designers to devise the best strategies for translating archaeological information to the public. This book opens doors for public involvement. It highlights successful case studies in which specialists have provided with the opportunity and necessary tools for learning about archaeology. Little Big Horn, Sabino Canyon, Monticello, and Poplar Forest are just a few of the historical sites featured.
Eliminating ethnic, racial, and gender-based bias is one of the strongest themes underlying the contributed articles in this book.... Jameson and his contributors have performed a great service for the discipline of archaeology by presenting field tested possibilities for programs that bring archaeologists out of their intellectual ivory towers.