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Ethical Principles and Archaeological Practice: Development of an Ethics Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mark J. Lynott
Mark J. Lynott*
Affiliation:
Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North. Lincoln, NE 68508
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Abstract

Unsettling conditions surrounding the contemporary practice of archaeology have generated an urgent need for clear ethical guidelines. The Principles of Archaeological Ethics were developed to help meet this need and provided in draft form to the Society for American Archaeology membership for review as part of a Special Report (Lynott and Wylie 1995b). Since that initial publication, two additional principles have been developed, and the original six principles have been revised and published in this journal (61:451-452). The changes were made in response to comments provided by the membership and the Executive Board. The principles are intended to serve as ethical ideals rather than a code of professional conduct.

Las condiciones confusas que existen alrededor de la práctica arqueológica contemporánea han generado una necesidad urgente de guías éticas claras. Los Principios de Etica Arqueológica desarrollados para satisfacer esta necesidadfueron sometidos a revisión ante los miembros de la Sociedad de Arqueología Americana como parte de un Reporte Especial (Lynott y Wylie 1995a). Desde su publicatión inicial, dos principios adicionales han sido desarrollados, y los seis principios originates han sido revisados. Los cambios se hicieron en respuesta a comentarios proveídos por los miembros de la sociedad y la Junta Ejecutiva. Los principios representan ideates éticos en lugar de un código de conducta profesional.

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American Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 589 - 599
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1997

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