• The Ethical Problems and Issues Faced by Archaeology in Terms of Questions Like "Who Owns the Past?"

     

    Essays1 History, Culture

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Published: 29.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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A third ethical problem concerns the preservation of sites. Should battlefields be left alone as memorials, redeveloped for tourism, or preserved for the archaeologists of the future? Archaeologists increasingly consider the third option as in recent years, they have become more selective about what and where they dig, so that they do not preclude investigations by subsequent generations.…

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