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Dear All, Please find enclosed below details of a new publication that could be of interest. Cheers, Umberto Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics Yannis Hamilakis (Editor); Philip Duke (Editor) 2007 Hardback (978-1-59874-270-1) (One World Archaeology 54). The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. The discipline is not about an abstract “archaeological record” but about living individuals and communities, whose lives and heritage suffer from the abuse of power relationships with states and their agents. Only by recognizing this power disparity, and adopting a political ethic for the discipline, can archaeology justify its activities. A direct challenge to the discipline, this volume will provoke discussion, disagreement, and inspiration for many in the field. Contents Foreword, Randall H. McGuire PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. From Ethics to Politics, Yannis Hamilakis PART 2: ETHICS IN QUESTION Introduction, Philip Duke 2. When Theory, Practice and Policy Collide, Or Why Do Archaeologists Support Cultural Property Claims? Alexander A. Bauer, Shanel Lindsay And Stephen Urice 3. Ethical Challenges to a Postcolonial Archaeology:The Legacy of Scientific Colonialism, George Nicholas And Julie Hollowell 4.Cultural Sensitivity, Science and Ethical Imperatives: Contemporary Archaeology in the Southwestern United States, Charles R. Riggs 5.What Does It Mean “To Give the Past Back to the People”? Archaeology And Ethics In The Postcolony, Nick Shepherd PART 3: ARCHAEOLOGY IN CAPITALISM, ARCHAEOLOGY AS CAPITALISM Introduction, Philip Duke 6.British Commercial Archaeology: Antiquarians and Labourers; Developers and Diggers, Paul Everill 7.Ethics, Capitalism and Public Archaeology in Brazil, Pedro Paulo A. Funari and Erika M. Robrahn-González 8.The Historical Process of the Commoditization of the Near Eastern Past by Archaeologists: Empire, War, Civilization and Other Assets, Tamima Orra Mourad 9. Archaeology within Marketing Capitalism, Alice B. Kehoe 10.Sustainable” Heritage? Public Archaeological Interpretation and the Marketed Past, Neil Asher Silberman 11.Contemporary Museum Practice in Cusco, Peru, Helaine Silverman PART 4: ETHICAL FUTURES, EMANCIPATORY ARCHAEOLOGIES Introduction, Yannis Hamilakis 12.”Grabe, Wo Du Stehst!” An Archaeology of Perpetrators, Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock 13.The Archaeology of the Spanish Civil War: Recovering Memory and Historical Justice, Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè, Joaquim Oltra Puigdoménech, Elena Sintes Olives And Dawnie Steadman 14.The Culture of Caring and its Destruction in the Middle East: Women’s Work, Water, War and Archaeology, Maggie Ronayne 15.Ethics, Objectivity, and Emancipatory Archaeology, Dean J. Saitta About the Authors Index -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html "There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way".