Feasible management of archaeological heritage sites open to tourism
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Comer Douglas C. ; Willemsen Annemarieke (1969-....) ;
- Editeurs : Cham, Switzerland Springer ;
- Date d'édition : [2019]
- ISBN : 978-3-319-92755-8
- Sujets : Tourisme historique, Tourisme culturel, Sites historiques, Antiquités
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-183 p.), : Ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : Suisse
Notes
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Résumé
La 4e de couv. indique : 'Archaeological sites opened to the public, and especially those highly photogenic sites that have achieved iconic status, are often major tourist attractions. By opening an archaeological site to tourism, threats and opportunities will emerge. The threats are to the archaeological record, the pre-historic or historic materials in context at the site that can provide facts about human history and the human relationship to the environment. The opportunities are to share what can be learned at archaeological sites and how it can be learned. The latter is important because doing so can build a public constituency for archaeology that appreciates and will support the potential of archaeology to contribute to conversations about contemporary issues, such as the root causes and possible solutions to conflict among humans and the social implications of environmental degradation...'