Dictatorship Vs Dictatorship

There are different forms of governments and among them are democratic and dictatorships. The difference between these two forms of governance is that while in a democratic governance, the leader is chosen by the governed, governance of the people, by the people and for the people according to Abraham Lincoln. In dictatorship on the other hand, the people have no choice over their leaders or how they are governed. Leadership in a dictatorship form of government is normally acquired by force and at times through inheritance. The dictator’s decision is final and anyone with a different opinion is seen as an enemy of the state. There have been a number of studies over the year’s archeology under a democratic government and archeology under dictatorship because it is generally believed that the type of government affects archeology. Different models of studies prove the different holdings on archeology mainly that the state is the guardian of archeology and therefore protects the archeological heritage. This is done in various ways including through a state archeological site and through dedicated bodies. The other view on archeology is that archeology is a service and private bodies and companies protect archeological heritage, these commercial archeological companies are constantly at the service of their clients (Schlanger and Aitchison, 2010).

There are different types of dictatorships. These are totalitarianism, whereby the state regulates all the aspects of the public and private behavior and authoritarianism, which is mostly concerned with the source of the governing power. The main differences between these two types of dictatorships are that in a totalitarian dictatorship, a single political party leads the state. An influent...

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...s greatly affected in different ways. This has greatly undermined the archaeological work done and the final output. In fact, archaeology is no longer determined by the research done and the findings but instead by what a minority of people wants it to be. In dictatorships, it has been used to change people’s mindset and to influence the way people think thus used in the justification of even the worst of atrocities. In capitalists’ societies, however, it is more of a business and thus the owners of these companies are mostly interested in the gains that they can get from them and not the qualities of their findings and research. Though there are rules and regulations on the ethics of archaeology especially in democratic states, they have not been effective enough to deter these wrong practices and thus the cultural heritage for a long time has been tampered with.