Cover: Carlton George, a Mirriuwung man, at Nganalum sacred site, Keep River National Park, Australia (see Mulvaney, Figure 2) John H. Jameson, Jr., Guest Editor

Nine articles published in The George Wright Forum (Volume 16, Number 4, December 1999) stemming from a World Archaeological Congress symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, 1999.

On the cover: Carlton George, a Mirriuwung man, standing against his own hand stencil that he created when he was a small boy while camping at the Nganalum sacred site in the Northern Territory of Australia. See Mulvaney.

During this international session, we examined the unique challenges and problems of managing and interpreting archaeological resources in national parks and similar protected areas.  —from the Introduction

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1. Introduction: Management and Public Interpretation of Archaeological Resources in National Parks and Similar Conservation Settings [162K]
John H. Jameson, Jr., National Park Service, USA 

2. Loving it to Death: The Pajatén Predicament [325K]
Warren B. Church, Columbus State University, USA

3. The Battle for Sydney Harbour [44K]
Denis Gojak, National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales, Australia

4. Management Strategies and the Component of Indigenous Sacred Places: The Dreaming and Aboriginal Involvement in Site Management within Northern Territory National Parks, Australia [185K]
Ken Mulvaney, Northern Territory, Australia

5. Expanding Horizons: Environmental and Cultural Values within Natural Boundaries [420K]
Judith Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland, Australia

6. Archaeology and Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Management: Theory and Practice [62K]
Martin Magne, Parks Canada

7. History, Politics and Culture: Archaeology and Interpretation in British National Parks [48K]
Harold Mytum, University of York, UK

8. The Genius of the Place: Managing a 'Mini-National Park' at Bede's World [86K]
Peter Fowler and Miriam Harte, Bede's World, Jarrow, UK 

9. Developing a Management Plan for the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site [61K]
Marion Blockley, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, UK
 

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