Museums and Archaeology

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1 Museums and archaeology: principles, practice, and debates
Part I Archaeological Collections
	Introduction to Part I
	Part I, Section 1 Curation of Archaeological Remains: Responses to Crisis
		2 Managing curated collections: the basics
		3 Archaeological curation in the twenty-first century. Or, making sure the roof doesn’t blow off
	Part I, Section 2 Archaeological Archives: Selection, Retention, Use and Disposal
		4 Primal fear: deaccessioning collections
		5 Archaeological archives: serving the public interest?
		6 Archaeological archives in Britain and the development of the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre
	Part I, Section 3 Documentation, Identification, and Authentication of Archaeological Collections
		7 Inventory and global management in archaeology: the example of the Neuchâtel Museum
	Part I, Section 4 Museum Care, Conservation, and Restoration of Archaeological Objects
		8 Issues in practice: conservation procedures
		9 Caring for an Egyptian mummy and coffin
	Part I, Section 5 Archaeology Collections Research
		10 Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined
		11 History and surface condition of the Lewis Chessmen in the collection of the National Museums Scotland (Hebrides, late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries)
Part II Archaeology, Ethics, and the Law
	Introduction to Part II
	Part II, Section 1 Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Archaeological Museum Collecting and Collections
		12 From museum to mantelpiece: the antiquities trade in the United Kingdom
		13 The revolution in US museums concerning the ethics of acquiring antiquities
	Part II, Section 2 Repatriation and Reburial of Archaeological Museum Collections
		14 Repatriation: Australian perspectives
		15 The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in its first decade
	Part II, Section 3 Museums and the Care and Display of Ancient Human Remains
		16 Policy and practice in the treatment of archaeological human remains in North American museums and public agency collections
		17 Covering up the mummies
Part III Interpreting the Archaeological Past
	Introduction to Part III
	Part III, Section 1 Critical and Political Perspectives on Museum Representations of the Archaeological Past and of Archaeology
		18 Presenting the past: towards a redemptive aesthetic for the museum
		19 Speaking for the past in the present: text, authority, and learning in archaeology museums
		20 Towards presenting scientific research in archaeology museums
		21 Prehistory, identity, and archaeological representation in Nordic museums
		22 Is it enough to make the main characters female? An intersectional and social semiotic reading of the exhibition Prehistories 1 at the National Historical Museum in Stockholm, Sweden
	Part III, Section 2 Archaeological Site Museums
		23 The Jorvik Viking Centre: an experiment in archaeological site interpretation
		24 The new Museum of Altamira: finding solutions to tourism pressure
		25 Archaeological site museums in Latin America
	Part III, Section 3 New Archaeology Museum Architecture
		26 The new Acropolis Museum: where the visual feast trumps education
		27 Development and utilization of underground space for the protection of relics in the Yang Emperor Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty
	Part III, Section 4 Designing Archaeology Displays
		28 The Port Royal Project: a case study in the use of VR technology for the recontextualization of archaeological artifacts and building remains in a museum setting
	Part III, Section 5 Teaching and Learning Through Museum Archaeology
		29 Teaching the past in museums
		30 Interaction or tokenism? The role of ‘hands-on activities’ in museum archaeology displays
		31 The redisplay of the Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury, and the National Curriculum in England
		32 Roman boxes for London’s schools: an outreach service by the Museum of London
		33 Translating archaeology for the public: empowering and engaging museum goers with the past
	Part III, Section 6 Public Engagement in, and Perceptions of, Museum Archaeology
		34 Involving the public in museum archaeology
		35 Public archaeology and museums in Japan
		36 Uncovering ancient Egypt: the Petrie Museum and its public
		37 Re-imagining Egypt: artefacts, contemporary art, and community engagement in the museum
		38 Working towards greater equity and understanding: examples of collaborative archaeology and museum initiatives with Indigenous peoples in North America
		39 Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México
		40 Us and them: who benefits from experimental exhibition making?
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