1st Edition

Tourism and Archaeology Sustainable Meeting Grounds

Edited By Cameron Walker, Neil Carr Copyright 2013
301 Pages
by Routledge

301 Pages
by Routledge

301 Pages
by Routledge

The global popularity and lucrative potential of tourism has made sustainability a major concern for archaeologists, site managers, politicians, local communities, tourism officials, and other stakeholders. This book establishes new, interdisciplinary ground for tourism and archaeology that will foster a new generation of sustainable thinking and practice. First, three teams of co-authors from... Read more
I: Concepts; 1: Tourism and Archaeology: An Introduction; 2: Archaeology Meccas of Tourism: Exploration, Protection, and Exploitation; 3: Integrating Education and Entertainment in Archaeological Tourism: Complementary Concepts or Opposite Ends of the Spectrum?; 4: Cultural Sensitivity and Embeddedness; II: Case Studies; 5: The Management and Marketing of Archaeological Sites: The Case of Hadrian's Wall; 6: Vindolanda; 7: Casa Malpais: Development of an Archaeological Park in Rural Arizona; 8: Visitors at the Trench Edge: Outreach and Archaeology at Historic Dilston, Northumberland, UK; 9: Archaeology, Tourism, and Other “Marriages of Convenience:” Examples from Western Canada; 10: Saving Punalu‘u: Ka‘? as a Cultural K?puka; 11: Framing the Mogao Caves in the Encounters between Tourists and Site Interpreters; 12: Archaeology and Tourism: Lessons from the Zimbabwean Experience; 13: Meet the Flintstones: Contestable Cultural Heritage of the Pica-Piedras in a Phurépecha Community in Mexico; 14: Conclusion: Manifesting Sustainable Meeting Grounds

Biography

Cameron Walker, Neil Carr