Maritime Heritage in Crisis

Richard M. Hutchings is a founding director of the Institute for Critical Heritage and Tourism, British Columbia, Canada. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, he obtained his M.A. from Western Washington University, Bellingham, and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He resides on Gabriola Island in the Salish Sea.

"This volume considers the threat to indigenous archaeological sites through the lenses of colonialism, imperialism, modernity and memory."Claire Nesbitt, New Book Chronicle"Richard Hutchings’ Maritime Heritage in Crisis speaks out against the destruction of Indigenous heritage landscapes, tracking the ways in which rising sea levels and population growth have wreaked havoc to the coastal lands of the shíshálh First Nation people located in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the shortcomings—even harms—of external cultural resource management (CRM).[...] The work’s critique of both CRM and the field of archaeology alongside the emphasis on Indigenous rights to collective land management all set this book apart from others on the subject of climate change and coastal landscapes."Sierra Watt, University of Kansas

• List of figuresList of tablesList of boxesPrefaceList of abbreviations1. The Maritime Heritage Crisis 2. Coastal Change 3. Cultural Resource Management 4. The shíshálh Coast Study 5. Problematizing the Heritage Crisis 6. Looking Forward, Looking BackAppendix: The Club of Rome's Forty-Nine Critical Continuous ProblemsReferencesIndex