Peter G. Gould is a Consulting Scholar with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Archaeology at the American University of Rome, Italy. He is co-editor of Archaeology and Economic Development (2014) and of Collision or Collaboration: Archaeology Engaging with Economic Development (2016).
Gould offers archaeologists grounded and much-needed direction for managing heritage and economic development at the community level. Building on his unique long-term experience he reveals how best to balance organizational governance and community priorities in heritage projects from Italy to Peru. A timely and ethical contribution to one of the most pressing and elusive issues of our times. * Lynn Meskell, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA * Peter Gould's challenge - to find a sustainable economic model for cultural heritage sites, on a global scale, results in the three-legged stool of context, capacity and governance , based on community needs. Brilliantly simple and effective. * Robert Bewley, Project Director of the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa Project, University of Oxford, UK * Gould's book provides perceptive, exceptionally well-informed guidance for bringing archaeology and heritage work into original and productive dialogue with community economic development. Empathetic, sharply intelligent - essential reading for our times. * Susan E. Alcock, Special Counsel, Professor of Classical Archaeology & Classics, University of Michigan, USA *