HOW DOES THE MIDDLE MEKONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT WORK WITH LAO CULTURE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION?
NATIONAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES The Middle Mekong Archaeological Project in Laos is a joint research and training program between the Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information and Culture and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. MMAP brings together an international team with a variety of backgrounds and interests. We are archaeologists, students, culture heritage managers, and volunteers, some of whom participate for several years. We work under a national legal framework that prioritizes national capacity building along with culture heritage management. This paper explains how the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project is an example of a long-term western organized research program that complies well with Lao law and government objectives to manage, develop, and protect cuiltural heritage resources. B5 Bourdonneau, Eric EFEO Phnom Penh Canals, Landscape Forms and Network of Forms: New Research on the Ancient Hydraulic System around the Site of Oc Eo New archaeological excavatio
