Title: Introducing Cultural Heritage Management to the US Military
Abstract: The ability to identify and respond responsibly to cultural property is a critical skill for successful full spectrum military operations. Inclusion of material culture and detailed information about features and indicators of sacred space and valued cultural property provides an anchor for other aspects of cultural awareness training. Military personnel respond to objects and elements in the landscape that they can see, touch, and locate on a map. The US Department of Defense payroll already has over one hundred fully qualified anthropologists working as archaeologists and cultural resource managers positioned at every single training installation. This expertise can and should be utilized to produce the best possible deployment planning and preparation for protection of cultural property no matter where in the world our forces may go.KeywordsArchaeological SiteCultural PropertyMilitary PersonnelSubject Matter ExpertCultural AwarenessThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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