Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Conflict: people, heritage and archaeology / Paul Newson and Ruth Young -- Legal frameworks -- Cultural heritage destruction in the middle east: UNESCO's work to mitigate damage and plan for recovery / Nada al-Hassan -- The need for pre-conflict planning for cultural property protection in the event of armed conflict / Chris McDaid -- Strategies - post-conflict -- Post conflict heritage and recovery: a role for the military / Laurie W. Rush -- Conflict, memory and material culture: the archaeology of the Contestado War in Brazil (1912-1916) / Jaisson Teixeira Lino, James Symonds and Pedro Paulo Funari -- The importance of cultural heritage in enhancing a Syrian national identity and the role of local non-state actors in preserving it / Amr Al-Azm -- Reconstructing post-conflict heritage in Rwanda / John Giblin -- Methodologies of recording -- Endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA): approach and possible solutions / Robert Bewley -- A post-conflict scenario in the Caucasus region: a documentation drive to assess monumental heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh / Alvaro Higueras -- Maximising information from conflict-damaged sites: a case study from Lebanon / Paul Newson and Ruth Young -- Community building -- In the aftermath of violence: heritage and conflict transformation in northern ireland / Audrey Horning and Colin Breen -- After Angkor: an archaeological perspective on heritage and capacity-building in Cambodia / Miriam Stark and Heng Piphal -- Archaeology from below in Swat, Pakistan. heritage and social mobilization in a post-conflict reality / Luca M. Olivieri -- Contingent solutions - the archaeologist's role -- Archaeology in post-war El Salvador / Kathryn E. Sampeck -- Mes Aynak (Afghanistan), global standards and local practices / Hans H. Curvers.