Past Meets Present: Archaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers, and Community Groups

John H. Jameson, Sherene Baugher

Springer Science & Business Media, Apr 17, 2007 - Social Science - 466 pages

In the face of an increasing public interest and demand for information, archaeologists are starting to collaborate with historians, educators, interpreters, museum curators, exhibit designers, landscape architects, and other cultural resource specialists to devise the best strategies for translating an explosion of archaeological information for the public. In turn, some communities are partnering with archaeologists to become active players in the excavation, interpretation, and preservation of their heritage.

The last decade has witnessed numerous applications of public interpretation and outreach models and an increased interest in establishing partnerships between professional practitioners in public interpretation and educational institutions such as museums and schools. These developments have occurred in the context of a realization that community-based partnerships are the most effective mechanism for long-term success. It is clear that there is a need for a volume that addresses these latest trends and provides case studies of successful partnerships.

Contents

• III: 19
• IV: 35
• V: 53
• VI: 69
• VII: 88
• VIII: 89
• IX: 101
• X: 107
• XI: 113
• XII: 127
• XIII: 149
• XIV: 166
• XV: 169
• XVI: 187
• XVII: 203
• XVIII: 217
• XIX: 230
• XX: 231
• XXI: 249
• XXII: 265
• XXIII: 281
• XXIV: 299
• XXV: 320
• XXVI: 321
• XXVII: 339
• XXVIII: 367
• XXIX: 379
• XXX: 393
• XXXI: 411
• XXXII: 427
• XXXIII: 443
• XXXIV: 455

About the author

Lu Ann De Cunzo, associate professor of anthropology and early American culture at the University of Delaware, Newark, is the author of "A Historical Archaeology of Delaware: People, Contexts, and the Cultures of Agriculture "and the coeditor of "Historical Archaeology and the Study of American Culture." John H. Jameson Jr., senior archaeologist with the National Park Service's Southeast Archeological Center in Tallahassee, Florida, is a contributing author and editor of "Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for Truths"; "The Reconstructed Past: Reconstructions in the Public Interpretation of Archaeology and History";and" Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Past Meets Present: Archaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers, and Community Groups
• Editors: John H. Jameson, Sherene Baugher
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2007
• ISBN: 0387482164, 9780387482163
• Length: 466 pages
• Subjects: Art / Criticism & Theory; Art / Techniques / General; History / Social History; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Archaeology