My goal with this chapter is to share our experience at Tall Hisban in Jordan with what I have chosen to call site custody activism or simply SCA. After introducing the notion of SCA, I briefly examine the historical role of overseas institutions with regard to the custody and care of archaeological sites. Next, I describe SCA activities initiated by Andrews University at Hisban in Jordan and offer some observations on the connection between SCA and the broader field of international community development. I also critically examining the role of narrative in SCA and conclude by offering a brief coda on what’s ahead for community archaeology and SCA in Jordan and beyond.
University of St Andrews, United States - ORCID: 0000-0002-0286-3112
Chapter Title
Site Custody Activism: Sine qua non dell’‘Archeologia di comunità’
Authors
Oystein La Bianca
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.24
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Florentia
Book Subtitle
Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini
Editors
Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
596
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0375-3
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0376-0
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870