This edited volume provides a cross-section of the cutting-edge ways in which archaeologists are developing new approaches to their work with communities and other stakeholder groups who have special interest in the uses in the past.

Introduction: Heritage Development, Local Communities and Public Archaeology, Paul A. Shackel Section I: Archaeology and Empowering Subordinated Groups Monican Mediation: Regional and Individual Archaeologies in the Contemporary Politics of Indian Heritage, Jeffrey Hantman From Traditional Archaeology to Public Archaeology to Community Action: The Levi Jordan Plantation Project, Carol McDavid African-American Heritage in a Multicultural Community: An Archaeology of Race, Culture, and Consumption, Paul R. Mullins Asking the Right Questions: Archaeologists and Descendent Communities, Matthew B. Reeves Section II: Archaeology and Non-Traditional Communities The Bowne House and the Changing Relevance of History, Teresa S. Moyer The Seneca Village Project: Working with Modern Communities in Creating the Past, Diana diZerega Wall, Nan A. Rothschild, Cynthia Copeland and Herbert Seignoret Applied Archaeology and the Construction of Place at Mount Calvert, Prince George's County, Maryland, Michael T. Lucas Section III: Archaeology and Heritage Development Building Ties: The Collaboration between the Miami Nation and Historical based Research, Mark S. Warner and Daryl Baldwin The Burra Academic Wants and Community Needs: Archaeology in A small Community in South Australia, Peter J. Birt Archaeological Interpretation and Diasporic Communities, Charles E. Orser, Jr. Epilogue: Archaeology, Heritage, and Public Endeavor, Erve Chambers