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Rescue archaeology in eastern Cameroon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christophe Mbida Mindzie ,
Raymond Asombang  and
Michèle Delneuf
Christophe Mbida Mindzie
Affiliation:
University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences, PO Box 755, Yaoundé, Cameroon. [email protected]
Raymond Asombang
Affiliation:
University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences, PO Box 755, Yaoundé, Cameroon. [email protected]
Michèle Delneuf
Affiliation:
IRD Laboratoire ERMES-IRD, 5 rue du Carbone, 45 072 Orléans Cedex, France
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Many infrastructural development projects are now being carried out in Cameroon (e.g. road building, oil pipeline construction, and urban renewal). At present, no specific data base exists to determine the current and potential extent of damage to archaeological and historical sites. To redress this, we believe that there is an urgent need to make impact assessments and mitigation work a mandatory precondition of development approval for entrepreneurs and public works professionals operating in the country.

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Information
Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 290 , December 2001 , pp. 805 - 806
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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