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The unit considers the issues relating to the conservation and management of the heritage of military, naval and maritime materials, sites, and landscapes. This unit considers the issues relating to the management and conservation of this heritage. Its content will include scientific conservation methods (heritage science, object conservation), the use of IT including GIS software, authenticity, public policy and legislation, ethical issues relating to conservation, health and safety, ecological and heritage conflicts, conservation planning, interpretation and display, museums and the preservation of historic collections, artefacts and landscapes, World Heritage sites.

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This multidisciplinary course aims to give students a broad understanding of some of the most important issues in the development, practice, and theoretical underpinnings of a modern anthropological archaeology of all periods. The Unit also introduces key elements and concepts of Historical and Contemporary archaeology, Landscape and Garden archaeology, Maritime and Conflict Archaeology. It provides insights into the construction and nature of archaeological knowledge, demonstrates how artefacts become heritage, how this heritage is presented to the public, and how all archaeologies seek to illuminate past human behaviours. From prehistory to the present, the unit shows how these behaviours shape the materialities of the archaeological record, and how archaeologists employ a diversity of approaches to analyse this.