Is archaeological valuation an accounting matter?

John Carman; Garry D. Carnegie; Peter W. Wolnizer

Is archaeological valuation an accounting matter?

John Carman^*, Garry D. Carnegie, Peter W. Wolnizer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Macquarie Graduate School of Management

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Abstract

How can a value be put on the past? This article promotes discussion of how archaeologists and museum curators are being forced into providing valuations for their 'resource' and collections, and conforming to accounting practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-148
Number of pages	6
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	73
Issue number	279
Publication status	Published - Mar 1999

Keywords

Accounting
Archaeological resource management
Australia
Museums
Value

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