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An important collection, Cosmopolitan Archaeologies delves into the politics of contemporary archaeology in an increasingly complex international environment. The contributors explore the implications of applying the cosmopolitan ideals of obligation to others and respect for cultural difference to archaeological practice, showing that those ethics increasingly demand the rethinking of research agendas. While cosmopolitan archaeologies must be practiced in contextually specific ways, what unites and defines them is archaeologists' acceptance of responsibility for the repercussions of their projects, as well as their undertaking of heritage practices attentive to the concerns of the living communities with whom they work. These concerns may require archaeologists to address the impact of war, the political and economic depredations of past regimes, the livelihoods of those living near archaeological sites, or the incursions of transnational companies and institutions. The contributors describe various forms of cosmopolitan engagement involving sites that span the globe. They take up the links between conservation, natural heritage and ecology movements, and the ways that local heritage politics are constructed through international discourses and regulations. They are attentive to how communities near heritage sites are affected by archaeological fieldwork and findings, and to the complex interactions that local communities and national bodies have with international sponsors and universities, conservation agencies, development organizations, and NGOs. Whether discussing the toll of efforts to preserve biodiversity on South Africans living near Kruger National Park, the ways that UNESCO's global heritage project universalizes the ethic of preservation, or the Open Declaration on Cultural Heritage at Risk that the Archaeological Institute of America sent to the U.S. government before the Iraq invasion, the contributors provide nuanced assessments of the ethical implications of the discursive production, consumption, and governing of other people's pasts. Contributors. O. Hugo Benavides, Lisa Breglia, Denis Byrne, Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Alfredo González-Ruibal, Ian Hodder, Ian Lilley, Jane Lydon, Lynn Meskell, Sandra Arnold Scham

'Art Et Archeologie Du Laos' by Madeleine Giteau is reviewed.

The two excavation sites of Salamine & Enkomi symbolize the tragic fate of Cypriot archeological treasures, which have been pillaged or abandoned for the last thirty years, to the utter indifference or even complicity of the Turkish occupants. The Enkomi ruins, studied for decades by French archaeologists, were ravaged by the advance of Turkish tanks in 1974. Since then the site has been abandoned & is inaccessible to those who previously worked on the excavations. Salamine was the capital of Cyprus for nearly a thousand years & played a major role in Mediterranean civilization, the subject of innumerable publications. The situation here is even worse: not only were these sites pillaged after the 1974 invasion, but a team from the University of Ankara started excavations again in 1999, flouting all the rules of scientific ethics & the rights of their French & Cypriot colleagues who had preceded them. Cypriot protests to date have been in vain. Adapted from the source document.