"John Schofield is a wide-ranging and innovative book that encourages readers to think about archaeology in an entirely new way, as fresh, relevant, and future-oriented. It examines some of the novel ways that archaeology (alongside cultural heritage practice) can contribute to resolving some of the world's most wicked problems, or global challenges as they are sometimes known." -- Dr. Miranda Melcher, New Books Network"The volume presents a critical overview of where archaeology is positioned right now in relation to these wicked problems and how archaeologists could enhance their own contribution to solving them in the future. The book is structured in detailed thematic sections on different wicked problems and how archaeologists have been, and could be, contributing to understanding them and thus help transform the world. Schofield's agenda is intellectualand theoretical but it is also practical and engages with questions of policy, leadership, socialplanetary boundaries and the United Nation's sustainable development goals (SDGs)." -- Cornelius Holtorf, Antiquity Reviews "Detailed, well-constructed, and brimming with examples drawn from around the world, this volume comprehensively introduces the topic and should stimulate debate about how archaeology can throw new light on wicked problems. By virtue of their global concerns, wicked problems have resonance across many disciplines.

Accordingly, it is hoped that this book will not only be read by archaeologists, who seem to be the target audience, but also by those working in related fields, and those concerned with political strategy and policy development, so that archaeology and cultural heritage can genuinely shape our futures and help resolve some of the broad societal problems facing the world today." -- Timothy Darvill, Current Archaeology".I am a fan of this book, its central arguments, and the genre in which it is written." -- Steve Brown, Australian Archaeology.