Ethical Issues in Archaeology: A Conference to be held November 5-7, 1993, in Reno, Nevada

鉴于考古资源的加速退化，以及日益多样化的利益集团对专业考古学家的处置所带来的压力，关于专业考古学家的道德责任的问题比以往任何时候都更加紧迫。对此，美国考古学会（Society for American Archaeology）启动了一项程序，对其现有的职业责任和道德政策进行审查。该项目包括一个重点工作会议，将汇集来自考古学和博物馆研究领域的广泛参与者，他们一直活跃于各种背景下的伦理问题。会议的目的是为与本协会成员和其他有关和有关的组织和团体进行广泛协商的进程建立框架。这一过程的最终目标是制定一套最新的、完整的道德准则和行动计划，以帮助考古学家履行他们所承担的责任，不仅对考古学及其科学理想，而且对非考古兴趣群体和文化资源的保护。

Questions about the ethical responsibilities of professional archaeologists are more pressing than ever, given the accelerating degradation of archaeological resources and the pressures brought to bear on their disposition by an increasingly diverse range of interest groups. In response to this, the Society for American Archaeology has initiated a process of review of its existing policies on professional responsibility and ethics. This project consists of a focused working conference that will bring together participants from a wide spectrum of archaeology and museum studies, who have been active on ethical issues in a range of contexts. The aim of the meeting is to set the framework for a process of wide consultation with members of this society and other interested and involved organizations and groups. The ultimate goal of this process is to formulate an updated and integrated set of ethics guidelines and a program of action that will help archaeologists fulfill responsibilities that they bear, not only to the discipline of archaeology and its scientific ideals, but also to non- archaeological interest groups and to the conservation of cultural resources.