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Conflicting Values or Common Ground? Some Concluding Thoughts

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Competing Values in Archaeological Heritage

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In this closing chapter, I reflect on the issues and themes brought up around competing values in heritage management in the previous contributions. I look in particular at themes of communities and ownership, heritage protection (in times of conflict but also in peace time), the influence of digitization and the possible impact of major political changes on archaeological heritage management. Heritage itself as an academic subject can also be framed and thought about in different ways, with different debates and research questions emerging. Ultimately I suggest that the current volume is by no means a conclusive picture of archaeological heritage management and that the parameters and the questions are in constant flux.

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    Suzie Thomas

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Thomas, S. (2019). Conflicting Values or Common Ground? Some Concluding Thoughts. In: Campbell, S., White, L., Thomas, S. (eds) Competing Values in Archaeological Heritage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94102-8_11

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