ARCH 424 — Cultural Resource Management in Ghana
Archaeology and Heritage Studies · University of 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.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ARCH 410 — Long Essay
- ARCH 422 — Post-field Laboratory Analysis
- ARCH 425 — Information Technology in Cultural & Heritage Studies
- ARCH 426 — Monument Conservation
- ARCH 427 — Cross-Cultural Contacts and Historical Archaeology of Africa
- ARCH 428 — Human Diversity, Peace and Conflict Management
- ARCH 429 — Archaeology of the African Diaspora
- ARCH 431 — Introduction to Museum Studies
- ARCH 432 — Gender in Archaeology
- ARCH 433 — Palaeo – Historical Demography of Africa
- ARCH 434 — Popular Culture in Ghana
- ARCH 435 — Landscape Archaeology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).