ARCH 424:Cultural Resource Management in Ghana

The course deals with public policy and efforts to preserve and protect archaeological and historical sites and resources and examines topics such as the public and archaeology, value and destruction of archaeological resources, looting of, and illicit traffic in cultural resources, the International trade in art, the politics of cultural resource management, International conventions and local laws on the protection of archaeological and historical heritage; relationships between archaeological research, restoration, preservation, presentation of cultural resources and tourism; major archaeological sites and monuments in Ghana; environmental impact assessment; and the restoration projects of Cape Coast and Elmina Castles.