Abstract
In Peru, public archaeology has not yet been firmly established as a field of archaeological study. There is no formal education in the field, although there are diplomas or master’s courses focusing on Cultural Resource Management and undergraduate courses on museum studies and ethical issues relating to archaeology. Traditionally, most of the efforts to disseminate information about archaeological discoveries and theories to the general public have been made through school textbooks, newspapers, and exhibitions in local museums and archaeologists have seldom been in direct contact with the public; their studies have usually been discussed only in specialist circles.
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The Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum and the Sicán National Museum were the first large-scale museums built outside Lima.
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The website address is: http://mileto.pucp.edu.pe/arkeos.
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Arkeos is accessed about 1,000 times per month.
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I would like to thank all of my colleagues who provided me with information about the activities presented in this paper. My special thanks go to the staff of the Sicán National Museum for kindly explaining the museum activities to me. The advice of the archaeologist Victor Curay, based on his work with local communities, was particularly useful for preparing this paper. I would also like to thank Professor Luis Jaime Castillo for giving me information on his experience of engaging with local people in San Jose de Moro, which increased my interest in the interaction between archaeologists and local communities. Finally, the information given to me by the staff of Arkeos was invaluable, as it allowed me to understand the development of the journal and the feedback it received from the readers. I extend my greatest gratitude to all of them, not only for the sharing of information, but also for their efforts in communicating archaeology to the public.
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Saucedo-Segami, D.D. (2011). Looking for an Identity: Archaeologists, Local Communities, and Public Archaeology in Peru. In: Okamura, K., Matsuda, A. (eds) New Perspectives in Global Public Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0341-8_19
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