Empowering Communities through Archaeology and Heritage: The Role of Local Governance in Economic Development : Bloomsbury Academic : 9781350036222 : 1350036226 : 25 Jan 2018 : "Peter G. Gould seeks to identify the essential success factors associated with a growing practice in archaeology: the sponsorship by archaeologists or heritage managers of local projects such as museums, tourism businesses, crafts cooperatives and similar activities within communities adjacent to archaeological or heritage sites. Typically, these are small projects intended to support economic advance in small communities. Rarely are they reported on in scholarly papers and, until now, they have never been subjected to study grounded in economic theory and practice. This is an area of study and analysis that is too important to lack suitable academic attention. This book argues that an essential factor in the success of community projects relates to themechanisms used to govern the projects at the local level,