Summary
The debates on the relationship between archaeology and sustainability usually reflect the difficulty of placing the disputed arguments on the same level of discussion. You will often see the term "sustainability" associated with very different things, and meaning very different things. We want to limit the field of discussion, since it is the only way to ensure a degree of uniformity in the same and, therefore, consistency in the conclussions. We consider the concept of "sustainability" as a transforming and liberating concept. We do not seek to hold a social, economic and political model which is essentially unsustainable, but development alternatives to it, and what role can archaeology and heritage play in pursuit of these alternatives. We expect contributions that reflect a theoretical reflection, albeit from concrete practical experiences.In the professional and disciplinary level, we discuss the feasibility of archaeology as an economic sector in the context of a particular model of socio-economic relations which is in crisis (it is estimated that we are between 25,000 and 30,000 archaeologists in Europe, despite of reduced headcount in the last five years). What alternatives, if any, they are posed to archaeology to absorb this huge amount of skilled labor generated in the wake of the construction boom? Are the public and community archaeologies a sustainable exit for all this professional sector? Are sustainable alternatives emerging archaeology and heritage management, which are autonomous institutional and current business model and supposedly based on social innovation and self-reliance of the activity?In the political-adminitrative scale, we discuss alternative economic policies. What regulatory framework and political relations it would be necessary to enable an archaeology and heritage management oriented towards a truly sustainable development? Is sustainable archaeological activity volume as exists currently funded and supported by public funds? Are institutional viable political models that give coverage to management formulas that have emerged outside the institutions? How they are articulated at the level of Public Policies concepts such as Public Archaeology and Community Archaeology? How to combine both of them with preventive archaeology, if is the latter sustainable?