Dare to choose
Making choices in archaeological heritage management

Introduction
Leonard de Wit

General introduction

Ann Degraeve

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Session 1 The decision-making mechanisms

Making choices: Valletta, development, archaeology and society
Barney Sloane

Making choices for archaeological archives in Europe
Duncan H. Brown and David Bibby

Making choices in archaeological heritage management: the case of Bulgaria
Lyudmil Vagalinski

Are monuments struggling for life or is it us making choices?
Bernhard Hebert

Defining archaeological heritage: the practices of protection of archaeological heritage in Estonia
Ulla Kadakas

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Session 2 The choice of research questions for excavations

‘Do I really need to dig it?’ – Making choices in development-led archaeological excavation in Northern Ireland
John D. J. O’Keeffe

A toolbox for archaeological heritage management: maps, methods and more for effective and efficient selection of valuable archaeology

Roel Lauwerier, Monique Eerden, Bert Groenewoudt, Michel Lascaris,
Eelco Rensink, Bjørn Smit, Barbara Speleers and Jan Van Doesburg

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Dare to choose: history writing or posthole pampering?
Peter Schut

Is question-driven fieldwork vital or not?
The archaeological heritage manager’s perspective
Agnieszka Oniszczuk

To treat or not to treat… And to what extent? Insights into the strategic
decision-making in the Archaeological Conservation and Restoration Laboratory of the Brussels Capital Region
Ann Degraeve and Jef Pinceel

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Session 3 The choice concerning the involvement of society

Management plans: a tool for participative decision-making
Elena Kountouri, Constantina Benissi and Julia Papageorgiou

Steps towards public engagement with archaeological heritage –
some Portuguese examples
João Marques and Filipa Neto

An urgent but difficult task: communicating archaeological results to
the general public
Eva Skyllberg

The relevance of professional ethics of archaeologists in society
Sandra Zirne

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