In recent years, many scholars have turned their attention to what is termed as public, community, or indigenous archaeology: raising concerns about the traditional role of archaeology as gatekeepers of knowledge and changing the way they work with local communities, indifenous peoples, and disenfranchised social groups to construct cultural heritage. This edited volume provides a cross-section of the cutting-edge ways in which archaeologists are developing new approaches to their work with communities and other stakeholder groups who have special interest in the uses of the past.

This edited volume provides a cross-section of the cutting-edge ways in which archaeologists are developing new approaches to their work with communities and other stakeholder groups who have special interest in the uses in the past.