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| Title: | The Role of Archaeology in Development: The Case of Tanzania |
| Author: | Mapunda, Bertram B.B. |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Periodical: | Transafrican Journal of History |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Pages: | 19-34 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Tanzania East Africa |
| Subjects: | development archaeology prehistory Development and Technology Anthropology and Archaeology Anthropology, Folklore, Culture Development potential imperialism Economic and social development |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520301 |
| Abstract: | Until the early 1960s, archaeology was considered to be a neutral academic discipline - free from political, cultural and philosophical influence and impact. For this reason, the assessment of its achievements was based largely on epistemological criteria. In the last decades this view has changed, and the question of archaeology's applicability to the day-to-day lives of people has received greater emphasis, and the role of archaeology in development has become an important theme in the discipline. Archaeology has great potential from a developmental point of view. It can contribute much to academic advance, economic growth, sociocultural development, and political awareness and reform. Tanzania has a wide range of evidence for the biological evolution of humans and it could gain much from the expansion of archaeological research. What can be done to develop this potential? Several suggestions are presented, including public education and involvement in archaeology, central planning of archaeological research, financial self-reliance for archaeology, the creation of archaeological associations, and reform of the trade in cultural materials. Bibliogr. |
