Sustainable archaeology in post-crisis scenarios

Edited by Monique H. van den Dries, Sjoerd J. van der Linde & Amy Strecker.The aim of this text is to provide some ideas to discuss about the economic sustainability of Archaeology in a post-crisis scenario. The text is rooted in three European-wide projects (ACE, DISCO and NEARCH). The act of valuing comes before the act of appropriating, which is the very essence of any heritagization process. Past and present “do things” (either material or virtual), and some of these things are categorized by our culture as heritage because they are attributed a certain value (Robertson 2012, Sánchez-Carretero 2013). All societies have their own way of managing the Past, memory, tradition and cultural products; but heritage is a specific concept of European Modernity. Heritage does not exist, but instead is a function of the social valuing added to it … (The text is part of a tribute volume for Prof. Willem Willems presented by colleagues and friends).Peer reviewe