Can the field of archaeology "pass the spade" to locals to manage cultural heritage?
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The separation of physical from intellectual work on archaeological sites has persisted throughout the nearly 200 years of archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East, according to Allison Mickel, a professor of anthropology in Lehigh University's Department of Department of Sociology & Anthropology. Mickel, who conducts research on the role local communities have played in archaeological work in the Middle East, says that local community members, even those involved in digging, continue to be excluded from stewardship decisions.