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Much archaeological fieldwork in Australia is carried out within the confines of cultural heritage management projects—the “business” of archaeological consultancy. Cultural heritage management (sometimes referred to as cultural resource management) is the branch of archaeology that deals with assessing the effects of development or other potentially harmful human activity on heritage sites, and taking steps to either protect sites or to allow their destruction. The standard process for any archaeological consultancy project is to investigate a site or area, record any artifacts or relevant sites within it, and then assess the significance of those sites or relics so that appropriate strategies for conserving and managing them can be implemented. Significance assessment, conservation and management, therefore, are the three key skills that an archaeologist must cultivate if they are to work successfully in this field. Specialist non-Indigenous personnel who have undertaken specialist training as part of archaeology, anthropology, natural resources or land management degrees have traditionally practiced cultural heritage management. The current demand for cultural heritage management by Indigenous peoples not only requires a recognition of their specific needs and requirements, but also the general higher priority given to the protection and management of the physical remains of the past by Indigenous peoples.
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(2007). Conserving and Managing Cultural Heritage. In: Digging It Up Down Under. World Archaeological Congress Cultural Heritage Manual Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35263-3_9
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