Resources: Archaeology, Collaboration, and Ethics
We offer this list of resources to assist you in understanding the wide range of concerns about archaeology, collaboration, and ethics. If you would like to contribute sources, please e-mail lists, titles, annotated bibliography entries, book reviews, or other appropriate materials. You will be credited for your contributions, as in "Submitted by your name, your affiliation," unless you do not want your name used.
Ethics Codes from Archaeological and Related Organizations
Canadian Archaeological Association
Principles of Ethical Conduct http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/conduct.lasso
Statement of Principles for Ethical Conduct Pertaining to Aboriginal Peoples
http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/ethical.lasso
European Association of Archaeologists
The EAA Code of Practice and The EAA Principles of Conduct http://www.e-a-a.org/eaacodes.htm
The EAA Code of Practice for Fieldwork Training http://www.e-a-a.org/codef.htm (Also in Italian, Spanish and German)
New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA)
NZAA Code of Ethics http://www.nzarchaeology.org/ethics.htm
Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA)
Code of Conduct and Standards of Research Performance http://www.rpanet.org/
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
Code of Ethics http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/AIA_Code_of_EthicsA5S.pdf
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Principles of Archaeological Ethics (1996) http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/PrinciplesofArchaeologicalEthics/tabid/203/Default.aspx
World Archaeological Congress
First Code of Ethics http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/wac/site/about_ethi.php
The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA)
Ethical Principles of The Society for Historical Archaeology http://www.sha.org/about/ethics.htm
American Anthropological Association
Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethcode.htm
See also AAA Ethics homepage at: http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethics.htm
Other Potentially Useful Web Sites
American Association of Museums
Museum Ethics http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/ethics/index.cfm
International Council for Museums
Code of Ethics for Museums, 2006 http://icom.museum/ethics.html
ICOM has a large page of other ethics codes, web sites, and books that may be of interest http://icom.museum/other-codes_eng.html#3
Books/Journals/Articles That May Be Useful
Collaboration in Archaeological Practice: Engaging Descendant Communities
Edited by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T.J. Ferguson, 2007, AltaMira Press, ISBN: 0-7591-1054-9 / 978-0-7591-1054-0
Experienced archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research). They offer philosophical and practical advice on how to improve the practice of archaeology by actively involving native peoples and other interested groups in research.
 Ethnographic Archaeologies: Reflections on Stakeholders and Archaeological Practices
Edited by Quetzil E. Casta�eda and Christopher N. Matthews, 2008, AltaMira Press, ISBN 0-7591-1135-9/ 978-07591-1135-6
Examines the role of ethnography in public archaeology. This work offers fresh insights into theories that advocate the engagement of archaeologists and archaeological investigations with the communities that are being studied.
 Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Practice
Joe Watkins, 2001, AltaMira Press, ISBN: 0-7425-0329-1 / 978-0-7425-0329-8
Watkins highlights the key arenas where the two parties intersect: ethics, legislation, and archaeological practice. Watkins describes cases where the mixing of indigenous values and archaeological practice has worked well--and some in which it hasn't--both in the United States and around the globe. He surveys the attitudes of archaeologists toward American Indians through an inventive series of of hypothetical scenarios, with some eye-opening results. And he calls for the development of Indigenous Archaeology, in which native peoples are full partners in the key decisions about heritage resources management as well as the practice of it. Watkins' book is an important contribution in the contemporary public debates in public archaeology, applied anthropology, cultural resources management, and Native American studies.
 American Indian Quarterly, 30(3), Issue on "Decolonizing Archaeology"
Edited by Sonya Atalay, 2006, University of Nebraska Press, ISSN 0095-182X
Archaeologists and other scholars provide a range of opinions and case studies relating to decolonizing archaeology in its relationships with American Indians. Note: the link here takes you to the University of Nebraska Press web site for AIQ, not the specific issue. You may order back issues if you wish, but AIQ is available electronically through Project Muse and JSTOR.
Edited by Luke Eric Lassiter, University of Nebraska Press, ISSN 1943-2550
A new journal, Collaborative Anthropologies is a forum for dialogue with a special focus on the complex collaborations between and among researchers and research participants/interlocutors. It features essays that are descriptive as well as analytical, from all subfields of anthropology and closely related disciplines, and that present a diversity of perspectives on collaborative research.
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