Archaeology and capitalism from ethics to politics

Based on papers submitted to a symposium held at the 5th World Archaeological Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction: From ethics to politics / Yannis Hamilakis -- pt. 2. Ethics in question -- When theory, practice, and policy collide, or Why do archaeologists support cultural property claims? / Alexander A. Bauer, Shanel Lindsay, and Stephen Urice -- Ethical challenges to a postcolonial archaeology : the legacy of scientific colonialism / George Nicholas and Julie Hollowell -- Cultural sensitivity, science, and ethical imperatives : contemporary archaeology in the Southwestern United States / Charles R. Riggs -- What does it mean "to give the past back to the people"? : archaeology and ethics in the postcolony / Nick Shepherd -- pt. 3. Archaeology in capitalism, archaeology as capitalism -- British commercial archaeology : antiquarians and labourers, developers and diggers / Paul Everill -- Ethics, capitalism, and public archaeology in Brazil / Pedro Paulo A. Funari and Erika M. Robrahn-González -- The historical process of the commoditization of the Near Eastern past by archaeologists : empire, war, civilization, and other assets / Tamima Orra Mourad -- Archaeology within marketing capitalism / Alice B. Kehoe -- Sustainable" heritage? : public archaeological interpretation and the marketed past / Neil Asher Silberman -- Contemporary museum practice in Cusco, Peru / Helaine Silverman -- pt. 4. Ethical futures, emancipatory archaeologies -- "Grabe, wo du stehst!" : an archaeology of perpetrators / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock -- The archaeology of the Spanish Civil War : recovering memory and historical justice / Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè ... [et al.] -- The culture of caring and its destruction in the Middle East : women's work, water, war, and archaeology / Maggie Ronayne -- Ethics, objectivity, and emancipatory archaeology / Dean J. Saitta.