ABSTRACT
As archaeology matures, it becomes necessarily encumbered with more rules, protocols and codes of conduct. Our concerns and their codification are necessary because many of our techniques, methods, hypotheses and paradigms derive from other disciplines like anthropology, the biological and physical sciences and geology, and were never intended for uniquely archaeological uses and consequences. Such disciplinary self-examination forces practitioners to consider the wider ethical, legal and sociopolitical aspects of their work. Accordingly, the last decade has seen increasing interest in intellectual property (IP) issues in archaeology and related fields (e.g., Nicholas and Bannister 2004, excerpted in Chapter 12 this volume).
