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From Croatia to Cape Town: the future of the World Archaeological Congress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Willy Kitchen
Willy Kitchen*
Affiliation:
Research School of Archaeology & Archaeological Science, University of Sheffield, West Court, 2 Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 4DT, England, [email protected]
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Abstract

‘Ruffled feathers’ seem to be part of the World Archaeological Congress. Here we present two different assessments of the forthcoming World Archaelogical Congress in Cape Town in January–one from an observer, Willy Kitchen, and one from the WAC Secretary, Julian Thomas, which set out some of the ideals and current realities of this highly political enterprise.

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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 278 , December 1998 , pp. 747 - 750
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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