HOW DOES THE MIDDLE MEKONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT (MMAP) WORK WITH LAO CULTURE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT?
MUSEUM, CONSERVATION, AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES My paper will discuss what MMAP has done with Lao cultural heritage management at the local level in Luang Prabang, Laos. There are two main points: (1) Training of local government officials who are involved in cultural heritage conservation and management. (2) Public communication to promote the idea of cultural heritage conservation and management, and to indicate the importance of prehistoric culture to the local people. B8 Kharakwal, J.S. Institute of Rajasthan Studies, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, India Rawat, Y.S. State Department of Archaeology, Gujarat, India Osada, Toshiki Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. Japan EXCAVATION AT KANMER, GUJARAT, INDIA Kanmer (Bakarkot), a multicultural site, is located in Rapar tehsil of Kachchh district of Gujarat, India. Our controlled excavations have yielded five-stage cultural sequence at the site. Period I (i.e. Kanmer I) was marked by coarse and fine varieties of Red Ware
