<p>This article reviews the proceedings of the Project Moluks Erfgoed (Moluccan Heritage Project, or MHP), describing its results but emphasizing the ethics of the project. The MHP was started in 2015 to record and analyze the material traces of the (post)colonial conflict between Moluccan communities in the Netherlands and the Dutch state. This conflict is commonly referred to as the “Moluccan Issue.” During the peak of the conflict in the 1970s, Moluccan activists hijacked several trains and official buildings, resulting in civilian and Moluccan casualties and armed state interventions in 1977 and 1978. The MHP conducted field surveys on the sites of these recent and fleeting events using common methods of World War II archaeology. The primary aim in 2015 was a test case in the use of these methods. The results showed that the work was indeed viable; it is possible to record traces of recent conflict that help to understand the past. The project soon encountered ethical concerns regarding its reception by Moluccan and Dutch communities, however. Framing historical and contemporary archaeology as a socially engaged practice, this article critiques its own CRM-based approach. The article questions whether framing archaeologies of “guerillas” or “terrorism” are constructive regarding their effect on society, how archaeologists should weigh the political and ethical implications of their work, and how to use contemporary archaeology as a heritage platform to create a better present and future.</p>