Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing

Paul Everill is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Winchester, UK, and Co-Director of the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. Karen Burnell is Associate Professor of Applied Psychology at Solent University and a Chartered Psychologist by research.

Introduction Part 1 Context 1 What is Wellbeing and How Do We Measure and Evaluate It? 2 Introduction to Archaeology: A Personal Perspective 3 Heritage Interventions to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing: Developing a Programme Theory through a Realist-Informed Review Part 2 Museums, Healing, and Wellbeing 4 Heritage, Creativity, and Wellbeing: Approaches for Evaluating the Impact of Cultural Participation Using the UCL Museum Wellbeing Measures 5 Exhibitions, Healing and Sharing the Stories of Australian Veterans 6 Wellbeing and Greening Sites of Heritage: A Liverpool Lens Part 3 Connecting with the Land 7 Using Archaeology to Strengthen Indigenous Social, Emotional, and Economic Wellbeing 8 Archaeology as "Self-Therapy": Case Studies of Metal Detecting Communities in Britain and Denmark 9 Wellbeing and Brotherhood on the Colchian Plain: Engagement with Multinational Veterans through Archaeological Excavation at Nokalakevi, Georgia Part 4 Archaeology as Therapeutic Tool 10 From Nisarouin to Hougoumont: A Comparative Study of the Impact of Two Veteran-Focused Archaeological Initiatives on the Mental Wellbeing of Military Personnel and Veterans 11 How Do Interventions Using Heritage-Based Activities, Impact on Mental Health and Wellbeing? An Analysis of Breaking Ground Heritage and Operation Nightingale Outcomes 12 American Veterans Archaeological Recovery: A Strengths-Based Approach Part 5 Engaging with Wellbeing 13 Assembling Wellbeing in Archaeological Teaching and Learning 14 Wellbeing and the Historic Environment: A Strategic Approach 15 Having a Wander through Whitechapel: Towards a Methodological Framework for a Therapeutic Urban Psychography