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05.- Cultural Heritage
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- Sguardo
sul Mediterraneo: Libia - Cycle de Conferences
Seconda tappa del viaggio alla scoperta della Libia, della sua
storia millenaria, delle sue tradizioni, dei suoi costumi e della
sua produzione culturale. Altri Mondi propone un itinerario di
approfondimento sulla cultura libica. Archeologi responsabili
di missioni dell'Italia in Libia, nella prestigiosa cornice del
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale di Roma, presenteranno i risultati
delle ultime campagne di scavo, mentre giornalisti, scrittori
ed intellettuali si avvicenderanno lungo un percorso che, dalla
Libia pre-romana a quella contemporanea, creerà occasioni
di riflessione e di dibattito.
- Cultural
industry revalues intangible heritage
Organized by the Senegal national Commission for UNESCO in collaboration
with BREDA and the Senegalese Ministry of Culture, classified
historical Heritage, national Languages and Francophonie, the
seminar on the topic above gathers experts from public and private
institutions and NGOs from Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Cape
Verde.
- The
Mochicas: Artistic and ritual practices and in Huaca de la Luna
The Mochica art, pre-Inca culture developed in the North coast
of Peru during the 1st century, was characterized by the wealth
of its decorations and the variety of its media: mural panels,
ceramics, metals, textiles, etc. Craftsmen represented their environment,
daily activities, myths and beliefs. The study of these different
artistic forms is for archaeologists a key means to learn and
understand this complex society.
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23 January
- NOAA-supported
mission discovers historic shipwrecks off Turks and Caicos Islands
Maritime archaeologists have identified the wrecks of two historic
ships, including the slave ship Trouvadore, off the coast of East
Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands. NOAA’s Office of
Ocean Exploration and Research has funded several years of archaeological
research leading to the discovery. Don Keith and Toni Carrell,
from Ships of Discovery, an underwater archaeology research institute,
identified the Trouvadore 167 years after it struck a reef in
1841 while en route to Cuba. The grounding resulted in no loss
of life.
- Keep
Australia Beautiful’s Tidy Towns Program celebrates its
40th Birthday in 2009
Nationally about 90,000 people contributed 150 million dollars’
worth of volunteer labour to the Tidy Town-Sustainable Communities
award program in 2008. The Keep Australia Beautiful program aims
to attract and reward rural communities that put significant work
into projects which support and encourage sustainable living and
protection of the natural and cultural values of their environment
for this and future generations. Many rural groups don’t
realise that the community projects they are already engaged in
can be recognised as Tidy Towns projects, making them eligible
for an award. So many communities are already doing amazing things
to create greater sustainability and all regional, remote and
rural communities are encouraged to get involved in the 2009 Tidy
Towns program to make it one of the biggest ever.
- Getty
Urban Conservation Survey
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is currently engaged in
an effort to expand our focus on Historic Urban Settlements and
Cities. As part of our research, we are asking for your participation
in a survey that will help us to identify the priority issues
facing the leaders and professionals involved in the conservation
of historic urban areas. If you have already filled out the survey,
thank you very much for your time and attention. If not, we would
very much appreciate your input and assistance with this project.
As urbanization and development continue, the treatment of this
urban fabric is of increasing global concern. Your expertise and
experience working in a historic urban environment will provide
valuable feedback for this important project.
- Peruvian
association of Landscape Architecture (APP) is 10 years old
The Municipality of Miraflores organized a ceremony of recognition
to the Peruvian Association of Landscape Architecture for its
10 years of institutional life to the service of the preservation
of the environment contributing with its activities to increase
the quality of life of the Miraflorians and the community in general.
By Decree of the Mayorship, Mayor Manuel Masías Oyanguren
gave the President of the Association, Carmen Balarin de Iberico,
the corresponding diploma.
- From
the possibility of restitution: the destiny of a Kwakwaka'wakw
hairdo
In center of the current discussions on the relations between
museums and north-Amerindian communities, the issue of the restitution
of ceremonial objects to the original societies will be object
of an internal presentation in UNESCO on February 2, 2009. Marie
Mauzé, Research Director of the CNRS, Laboratory of social
anthropology, will present a specific case of restitution: the
one of the ceremonial hairdo represented above, from the collection
of André Breton, to the Kwakwaka' wakw (British Columbia,
Canada) who had created it. A brief historical context of the
North American policy (United States and Canada) in the matter
of restitution will be followed by a discussion on the transformations
of the statute and meaning of the object, the political, cultural
and esthetic challenges that it has faced during its history and
the reciprocity reports which can settle down between an ethnologist
and the society where he carried out his research. This session
corresponds to the expansion of the discussion on the work of
Claude Lévi-Strauss and the relations between anthropology
and heritage. In addition Marie Mauzé participated in the
edition of works of Claude Lévi-Strauss to the Pleiad.
22 January
- From
industrial heritage to cultural waste lands in Europe
The TNT - Shoe Manufacturers, in collaboration with the association
Artfactories/Autre (s) pARTs, the University Michel de Montaigne
Bordeaux 3, the Directorate of Architecture and Heritage of the
Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Mission New Territories
of Art of the Institute of the Cities, proposes a seminar on the
topic of the rehabilitation of European industrial heritage in
culture places.
20 January
- Program
of activities 2009 - City planning without frontiers (USF)
We are pleased to invite you to our next meeting of the USF Workshops
that will take place Thursday, February 5 from 18.00 to 19.00
in rue Saint-Dominique nº 93, 75007 Paris, on the topics
“Natural catastrophes and interventions of the NGO”/“
Documents of urbanism and natural risks” with the participation
of Doctors of the World and a lawyers bureau specialized in urban
planning law.
13 January
- The
VENUS Project
Virtual Exploration of uNderwater Sites (VENUS) - Mission
in Marseille : The roman wreck Port-Miou C
This roman shipwreck was discovered in October 1998 by Henri-Germain
Delauze, Comex Cie president, during a Remora submarine's diving.
It lies by 105 m deep in front of the limestone coast of the Calanques,
between Marseilles and Cassis, in the south of France (Bouches-du-Rhone).
- ARCHAEOMAP
Project
ARCHAEOMAP is a coordination action supported by the European
Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme, contributing to
the implementation of the specific Priority Scientific Support
to Policies within the thematic area Sustainable development,
global change and ecosystems, Key Action The protection of cultural
heritage and associated conservation strategies. ARCHAEOMAP project
aims at developing balanced, interrelated policies with an integrated
coastal zone management focus. Through the analysis of ten Mediterranean
archaeological pilot sites it proposes an interdisciplinary research
aiming at improving a sustainable development methodology for
coastal and underwater archaeological sites management.
9 January
7 January
- Young
Archaeologists' Club
YAC is the only UK-wide club for 8–16 year olds interested
in archaeology!
The Young Archaeologists' Club began its long and happy life way
back in 1972. In those days it was called Young Rescue and was
set up by Kate Pretty and Mike Corbishley. Kate produced and edited
the Young Rescue newsletter from her home and both Kate and Mike
set up their own local branches of the Club so members got a chance
to get their hands dirty with practical activities. Club membership
grew and grew until it got so big that Kate and Mike decided that
it would be a good idea to hand Club over to a larger organisation.
The York Archaeological Trust looked after if for a little while
but it was eventually decided to pass it on to a charity called
the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). By the time the CBA
took it over, the Club had changed its name to the Young Archaeologists'
Club and had seven branches across the UK. The Club now has over
60 local branches across the United Kingdom and over 3,000 members.
- VIDEO:
Heritage Passion
“Portraits of enthusiastic people, sacrificed to
the conservation of an endangered heritage”. Télétop
Harsh fact: one monument out of three is in danger in
France. 33,000 buildings would not survive this century according
to heritage specialists. The reasons being their very heavy maintenance
and restoration costs, difficulties of transmission, dispersion
of goods, or also more tragically, the oblivion or the lack of
interest. All over France, some enthusiastic men and women are
engaged in a race against time. They invest their energies in
the reappearance of true treasures, witnesses of our history.
- Archaeological
rescue in Seine-Saint-Denis (France)
The archaeological excavation located in the site of the park
of Ladoucette Castle, that Yves LE BECHENNEC directs in Drancy,
Seine-Saint-Denis, belong to the context of a set of excavations
carried out by the departmental archaeological Mission since 1991
(in particular, the operation “Bobigny Gaulois” whose
coordinator was Yves Le Bechennec), and that emphasized an uninterrupted
occupation of the territory since Ancient times or even since
the end of the Gallic era.
- Workshop
for teachers on the Handbook of History of African descendants
in Central America (Honduras)
During 2006 and 2007 the project entitled “From oblivion
to Memory” it was developed in Central America with the
central objective to contribute to the transformation of the vision
that Central Americans in general and African descendants in particular
have on their history in the region. Through a process of investigation,
coordinated with the Secretary of the Project “the Route
of Slavery, it managed to produce during the beginning of 2008
a series of four volumes that compose the Handbook on History
of the African descendants in Central America. This Workshop,
held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on November 16, 2008, funded
by UNESCO, is the first to be carried out in the sub-region to
facilitate the knowledge of the material produced and to achieve
that in the short term it is incorporated in the school textbooks
in Central America. The Workshop is carried out as a final event
of the International Symposium on Slavery, citizenship and memory:
Smaller ports in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Contact: Montserrat
Martell. Email: m.martell@unesco-cr.org
- Capacity
development Program in protection and conservation of the natural
cultural heritage and for the Mercosur countries
The Culture and the Science sector of the UNESCO office in Montevideo,
organized during December 15 and 16 in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
a Workshop where they were to define, through the participation
of different specialists in the topics, a series of common criteria
related to the area of culture, tourism, and prevention of natural
risks for the protection of Heritage. It was carried out in Villa
Ocampo, a house that is, indeed, a good example of the topics
dealt with during this Workshop. Contact: Frédéric
Vacheron, Culture Specialist, UNESCO Office in Montevideo fvacheron@unesco.org.uy
- Preventive
Conservation: documentation project
The UNESCO-ICCROM partnership for collections documentation will
provide smaller museums from developing countries with the necessary
skills and tools to analyze their current documentation systems
and guide them through a user-friendly method for computerized
documentation systems for their collections. Inexpensive, powerful,
easy-to-use and efficient software will be identified and adapted
to museum needs.
- The
HEREDUC handbook for teachers
The HEREDUC handbook contains approaches to heritage in Europe
and concentrates on how teachers might integrate heritage education
in lessons, in primary as well as secondary schools. The text
is written with practical application in mind. The handbook finishes
with a series of 34 inspiring practical examples from five European
countries and a selective bibliography.
- Interview
with Francisco Tellez, director of the regional museum of Iquique
Archaeologist and director of the regional Museum of Iquique,
Francisco I. TELLEZ CANCINO talks with archaeologists Diego SALAZAR
and Valentina FIGUEROA, and reports the context and new evidences
on the archaeological research, mainly evidences related to mining.
Scholars debated the Huantajaya site and other sites of the North
of Chile.
- Closing
of the 3rd Workshop for the Safeguard of Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Havana
This 3-day workshop, was devoted to the validation of skills of
participating action focused on the safeguard of cultural heritage,
using as case of study the expression Havana Carnival. Among the
objectives of the workshop was the preparation and qualification
of agents and stakeholders of this expression, by means of the
use of participating skills to stimulate the sense of property
and responsibility of its participants, to develop capacities
and to offer some methodological and cognitive tools, which according
to all the participants, was widely accepted and successful demonstrating
their effectiveness as working tool in the safeguard of the “Living
Heritage”. As a conclusion of the Workshop, the participants
made a demonstration of dancing techniques and carnival music
with the typical clothes of the folk groups that participated
in the course.
PDF
The
Torun Guidelines for conferences in the field of stone conservation
With the aim of improving the quality and the dissemination of
knowledge through congresses in the field of stone conservation,
the 11th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation
of Stone, and the 13th meeting of the ICOMOS International Stone
Committee, which met in Torun on September 15th to 20th 2008,
adopted the following text.
6 January
- PROGRAM
TV - FRANCE - Of roots and wings Wednesday, 7 January 20.35
It will be dedicated to the discoveries of the excavations of
the Rhone and also to the restoration of works, in particular,
to our interventions on the portrait of Julio Caesar and the statue
of Neptune, digitized and virtually reconstructed to conceive
its mechanical assembly. As many of you know, the previous computer
simulation of the restoration of a sculpture has been our ongoing
research topic for 20 years. Convinced as we are that, in this
way, the restoration of sculptures can move away from the empiric
to scientifically understand structure questions, we wanted to
make a demonstration through this program.
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Publicación
revista digital "RED PATRIMONIO" Invitación a Publicación
Especial: Patrimonio y Sociedad - Nuevas relaciones, nuevos retos
El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C. a través del Centro de
Estudios Arqueológicos y el Centro de Estudios en Geografía
Humana convoca a especialistas en estudios en patrimonio cultural,
investigadores con proyectos vinculados a la investigación,
el rescate, la protección y la divulgación de recursos
culturales e interesados en la participación en el debate para
el mejoramiento de los mismos, a participar en Red Patrimonio, Revista
Digital de Estudios en Patrimonio Cultural en su Publicación
Especial: "Patrimonio y Sociedad: Nuevas relaciones, nuevos retos".
Que reunirá los trabajos que se debatirán en el Simposio
Virtual del mismo nombre, el 29 y 30 de septiembre de 2009. |
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Cultural
Tourism for Sustainable Development in Nias Island
This booklet presents activities and results of a UNESCO culture project
in Telukdalam sub-district, South Nias, Indonesia, during 2006-2007.
The project was funded by the United Nations Development Programme
as part of its Emergency Response and Transitional Recovery (ERTR)
Programme for Aceh and Nias. The booklet promotes the rich cultural
heritage of Nias Island.
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Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Nanggroe Aceh - Darussalam
A set of three posters and a 2009 calendar with the theme ‘The
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam’ are
part of a series of publications for the promotion of intangible cultural
heritage in post-conflict/ post-disaster situations of Aceh-Nias in
Indonesia and Timor Leste. These beautiful materials were produced
through the collaborative efforts of UNESCO Jakarta, the Provincial
Museum of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and Aceh Heritage Community Foundation,
and feature a collection of outstanding intangible cultural heritage
from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. |
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Journal of Architectural Heritage: Submission of papers
The first issue of 2009, 3(1), of the International Journal of Architectural
Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration has been recently
published, and you can find below a table of contents of the last
volume. We are very happy to inform you that the journal has been
recently included in the ISI Web of Science, being covered from
Volume 1. The journal will receive its first full impact factor
in the 2009 reports, which will appear in mid-2010. If you are interested
to submit a paper, please use the electronic submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uarc.
We hope you enjoy this publication and the efforts to provide a
multidisciplinary scientific overview of existing resources and
modern technologies useful for the study and repair of historical
buildings and other structures. We also thank all authors and the
Editorial Board for their contribution for the success of the journal. |
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Homeowner’s
Conservation Manual for Kotagede Heritage District
UNESCO Jakarta, together with the Jogja Heritage Society and the Organization
of Kotagede Heritage District Management, has published this manual
in order to provide conservation guidelines for the revitalization
of traditional houses damaged by an earthquake that struck the district
of Kotagede in Yogyakarta two years ago. The manual is one in a series
that has been produced for UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Other manuals
are available for the Kathmandu Valley (Nepal), Hoi An (Viet Nam)
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Online
Publication of INORA (International Newsletter on Rock Ast)
We are pleased to announce that INORA, the International Newsletter
on Rock Art, is now available online in the website of the UNESCO-ICOMOS
Documentation Centre. Edited by Dr Jean Clottes,
Former Director of the Chauvet Research Team, funded (or subsidized,
or sponsored) by the Ministère de la Culture and the Département
de l’Ariège, the newsletter presents the latest discoveries
of rock art from around the world. It provides a platform for discussion
and debate of current theories and controversies. It examines past,
present and future documentation and dating techniques, and their
interpretation. All the issues of the newsletter – apart from
those published in 2007 and 2008 – have been digitized by the
UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre and made available on the website. |
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Oasis
égyptiennes. Les îles des Bienheureux
Par
Françoise Dunand et Roger Lichtenberg
Anée: 2008
ISBN-13: 978-2742778416
Ancien membre de l’Institut français d’archéologie
orientale du Caire, professeur émérite d’histoire
des religions à l’Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg,
Françoise Dunand - était la spécialiste toute
désignée pour présenter les oasis du désert
occidental égyptien. Elle étudie en effet depuis un
quart de siècle, avec le docteur Lichtenberg, les nécropoles
d’époque ptolémaïque et romaine de l’oasis
de Kharga ainsi que les sites voisins de Douch et El Deir. |
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AFRICA 2009 Newsletter
ICCROM is pleased to announce the publication of a bilingual (English-French)
edition of the AFRICA 2009 Newsletter 8.
This joint publication of CHDA (Centre for Development in Africa)
and EPA (Ecole du Patrimoine Africa) is printed in Kenya.
Newsletter 8 can be downloaded
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Laying
the Foundations. A history and archaeology of the Trent Valley sand
and gravel industry
by Tim Cooper
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-902771-76-2
The aggregates industry is perhaps the quintessential industry of
the 20th century, quite literally shaping our world, but its history
and archaeology have arguably been neglected. In this ground-breaking
new book, the author Tim Cooper attempts to redress the balance with
an in-depth but accessible study of the sand and gravel industry of
the Trent Valley in the English Midlands. |
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e-Conservation
mAGAZINE Issue 7, October 2008
published on October 31,
2008
ISSN: 1646-9283
The 7th issue of e_conservation magazine is now online and available
for free download!
The objective of the magazine is to offer a wide range of relevant
subjects to its readers. The magazine will appear once every two months
and will offer news, events, reviews, conference announcements, scientific
articles on the latest technology and research, dissemination of current
projects, case studies, international projects and many other subjects
yet to come. |
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Les
jardins du domaine du rayol
Auteur : Virginie Pierson
de Galzain & Guillaume Bonnel
Date de publication : 2008
ISBN : 978-2-7006-0537-2
Editeur : Aubanel
On nous accusera de manquer d’objectivité, mais
tant pis : on adore ce livre ! Il s’agit d’un beau livre
de photos, de présentation des paysages du jardin et de réflexion
sur le rapport de l’homme à la nature. Virginie Pierson
de Galzain resitue habilement dans son contexte le travail des jardiniers
: un projet en perpétuelle mutation qui compose avec l’histoire
du Domaine, l’action du Conservatoire du littoral et les valeurs
écologistes et humanistes portées par Gilles Clément. |
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Publication
audiovisuelle - Patrimoine préhistorique dans la région
montpelliéraine - Claude REQUIRAND - Université de Montpellier
II (France)
Claude REQUIRAND a travaillé pendant plus de quarante ans pour
l’Education Nationale en France, au sein d’un laboratoire
d’hydrologie, géologie et paléontologie à
l’Université de Montpellier II. Il s’intéresse
depuis longtemps à l’étude des dolmens de la région
montpelliéraine, et nous propose à travers ce reportage
de découvrir quelques dolmens et menhirs du Larzac. Il nous
invite aussi à une traversée du Cirque de Navacelles,
gorges naturelles d’une profondeur de 300 m, résultant
de l’abandon d’un méandre de la rivière
la Vis, créant ainsi une cascade de 8 m de haut. |
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Plant
Biology for Cultural Heritage. Biodeterioration and Conservation
Edited by Giulia Caneva, Maria Pia Nugari, and Ornella Salvadori.
Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 2009
ISBN 978-0-89236-939-3
This book brings together wide-ranging scientific contributions from
the field of plant biology relating to the biodeterioration and conservation
of art, architecture, and archaeological sites around the world. |
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Materials
& Skills for Historic Building Conservation (v. 3)
From
Wiley-Blackwell
Editor: Michael Forsyth
ISBN: 978-1-405-11170-6
Here within a single volume is provided the essential information
on the properties of traditional building materials. Each material
is considered in the constructional sequence: wall materials, roof
coverings, wood and timber framing, metals and finishes. |
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Les
Incas
Par César Itier
Éditeur Les Belles Lettres
Anée: 2008
ISBN: 978-2-251-41040-1
Aujourd'hui encore, l'or des Incas, les ruines mystérieuses
de leurs cités et le mythe d'un empire juste et bienveillant
nourrissent le rêve des voyageurs. Aux alentours de 1400 de
notre ère, alors que la partie andine de l'Amérique
du Sud est morcelée en de multiples royaumes et seigneuries,
un petit peuple montagnard, les Incas, se lance dans une suite de
conquêtes qui l'amène à constituer rapidement
le plus grand État jamais connu dans l'Amérique précolombienne.
L'empire inca représente l'étape ultime du développement
d'une civilisation très ancienne, celle du Pérou antique,
que son isolement, jusqu'à la conquête espagnole, a rendue
particulièrement originale. |
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‘Lepers
Outside the Gate’: Excavations at the cemetery of the Hospital
of St James and St Mary Magdalene, Chichester, 1986–87 and 1993
edited by John Magilton, Frances Lee and Anthea Boylston
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9781902771748
This report, which forms vol 10 in the Chichester Excavations series,
describes and discusses the excavation in 1986–87 and 1993 of
almost 400 skeletons from the cemetery of the Hospital of St James
and St Mary Magdalene just outside Chichester, West Sussex. Founded
as a leper hospital for men in the 12th century, this institution
admitted women and children towards the end of the Middle Ages and
survived the Reformation by becoming an almshouse for the sick poor. |
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Introducing
''African Journal of History and Culture"
The African Journal of History and Culture (AJHC) is a multidisciplinary
peer-reviewed journal published that will be monthly by Academic
Journals. AJHC is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject
across disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge
of the subject.
Editors and reviewers
AJHC is seeking qualified researchers to join its editorial team
as editors, subeditors or reviewers. Kindly send your resume to
AJHC@acadjourn.org.
Call for Papers
AJHC will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the
submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance
and scientific excellence, and will publish:
- Original articles in basic and applied research
- Case studies
- Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays
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Human
Remains in Archaeology
by Charlotte A Roberts
ISBN: 978 1 902771 75 5
This book, no 19 in the CBA Practical Handbook series, provides the
very latest guidance on all aspects of the recovery, handling and
study of human remains. It beings by asking why we should study human
remains, and the ethical issues surrounding their recovery, analysis
and curation, along with consideration of the current legal requirements
associated with the excavation of human remains in Britain. |
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Heritage
or Heresy: Preservation and Destruction of Religious Art and Architecture
in Europe
By Brenda Deen Schildgen
ISBN: 978-0230603295
Heritage or Heresy takes a fresh look at the concept of cultural heritage
and reminds us why it matters. Schildgen delves deep into the manifestation
of iconoclasm in local and national movements and takes into account
the role of memory and regret in the destruction or preservation of
the architectural, artistic, and historic legacy of Europe. After
a close inspection, she argues that the idea of secularism and mutual
tolerance born in the Enlightenment provided the basis for the modern
commitment that regards all natural and cultural patrimony as the
shared heritage of all humanity. |
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Londinium
and Beyond in Essays on Roman London and its hinterland for Harvey
Sheldon
Edited by John Clark, Jonathan Cotton, Jenny Hall,
Roz Sherris and Hedley Swain
ISBN: 978 1 902771 72
This exciting volume pays tribute to the work of the archaeologist
Harvey Sheldon, who has been involved in the archaeology of London
for over four decades. The papers, written by his friends and colleagues
in the archaeological community, cover a wide range of subjects connected
with the archaeology of Roman London. These are presented under four
main themes and are prefaced by a short introduction explaining how
they relate to the research framework document for London published
in 2002. |
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December
Issue of Archaeology Journal - The World's First Temple
ISSN
0003-8113
At first glance, the fox on the surface of the limestone pillar appears
to be a trick of the bright sunlight. But as I move closer to the
large, T-shaped megalith, I find it is carved with an improbable menagerie.
A bull and a crane join the fox in an animal parade etched across
the surface of the pillar, one of dozens erected by early Neolithic
people at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey. The press here
is fond of calling the site "the Turkish Stonehenge," but
the comparison hardly does justice to this 25-acre arrangement of
at least seven stone circles. The first structures at Göbekli
Tepe were built as early as 10,000 B.C., predating their famous British
counterpart by about 7,000 years... |
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Cave
Art by Jean Clottes
ISBN: 978-0714845920
This new title presents an unparalleled selection of over 300 works
made between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago, featuring the earliest known
evidence of human creativity. The artworks range from spectacular
cave paintings to small, delicate sculptures. CAVE ART explores the
origins of human artistic endeavour from key sites such as Lascaux
in France and Altamira in Spain, as well as less-known locations.
The works featured in the book have been selected, sequenced, and
described by one of the world's most respected experts on prehistoric
art, Jean Clottes. The book includes examples of open-air rock art
made after the last ice age at sites around the world, and includes
a chronology, maps, a glossary, and a list of sites open to the public.
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January
Issue of Archaeology Magazine - Top 10 Discoveries of 2008
ISSN 0003-8113
For some archaeology buffs, 2008 will always be the year of Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And we have to admit we
were glad to see Indiana back in action again after a 20-year absence
(we loved it when he name-checked legendary Australian archaeologist
V. Gordon Childe). But we did have some quibbles with the film; let's
just say we're not big fans of the theory that aliens invented agriculture
and leave it at that... |
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Patrimoine
et enjeux actuels
Giovanni DE PAOLI, Nada EL-KHOURY ASSOUAD
et Georges KHAYAT.
Anée: 2008
ISBN : 978-2-909285-50-2
La réalisation de cet ouvrage fait suite au colloque Patrimoine
et Enjeux qui devait se tenir à Beyrouth au printemps 2008
pendant les journées du patrimoine au Liban. L’événement
qui devait regrouper de nombreux acteurs de divers pays, concernés
par les enjeux du patrimoine, n’a pas pu avoir lieu. Afin de
reprendre ce rendez-vous manqué et redonner aux participants
l’occasion d’échanger, ils ont été
invités à participer à cet ouvrage. L’objectif
est le même : fournir des outils pertinents pouvant assurer
une meilleure compréhension du patrimoine et une évaluation
critique des actions ayant trait à sa conservation, son interprétation
et sa mise en valeur. |
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Culture
and Heritage Tourism – understanding the issues and success
factors
Developed by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre,
this publication combines six recent studies into culture and heritage
tourism and has been developed with both industry, and custodians
of cultural and heritage assets, in mind. It brings together summaries,
statistics, and key findings and recommendations in an easily accessible
resource.
The research is a particularly useful tool for:
- developing interpretation and marketing strategies for tourism
operators and heritage managers
- providing an insight for development of strategic initiatives
to support cultural heritage tourism product development at a
local, regional and state level
- assisting managers, custodians and planners better understand
the dynamics of cultural heritage tourism
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Art
as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property
By Margaret M. Miles
ISBN: 978-0-521-87280-5
Miles' book reconstructs the ancient discourse on cultural property
and plundering. The three central chapters are an extended treatment
of Cicero's Verrine Orations, bolstered by a general history of looting
in antiquity (13-95) and a discussion of the post-Antique reception
of Cicero's speeches (285-360). A short appendix provides a selection
of passages in translation. |
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New Technical Guide: Salt attack and rising
damp – a guide to salt damp in historic and older buildings
Donwload
(PDF 3.24 MB)
ISBN 978-0-9805126-4-9 (print)
ISBN 978-0-9805126-5-6 (online)
Year: 2008
This 80 page guide authored by heritage consultant David Young aims
to help owners, consultants and contractors to understand the causes
of, and identify appropriate repairs for, cases of salt attack and
rising damp. Part 1 deals with understanding salt attack and rising
damp, while Part 2 covers diagnosis, maintenance and repair. For a
quick overview, turn to section 2, 'The Basics', which covers common
questions and answers, seven key steps to dealing with salt damp,
and the 'dos and don'ts' of damp. |
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Heritage
at Risk - Special Edition: "Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk:
Managing Natural and Human Impacts"
This publication forms part of the ICOMOS Heritage at Risk series.
Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk demonstrates the application
of the principles of the 2001 UNESCO Convention for the Protection
of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. With over 30 authors,the book
canvasses a wide range of underwater cultural heritage sites from
around the world. These include shipwrecks, fish traps and inundated
offshore deposits in Asia, South America, the Pacific, North America,
South Africa and Europe. The environments in which they are set range
from tidal zones to the extreme depths of international oceanic waters. |
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Historic
Landscape Analysis
Author: Stephen Rippon
Date of publication: 2004
ISBN: 1902771443
This handbook introduces some of the techniques that archaeologists,
historians, historical geographers and planners can use to unravel
the complex history of the countryside. A series of case studies demonstrate
practical applications of historic landscape analysis for a broad
range of uses and at a variety of national and regional levels. The
well-illustrated and clear guide will be essential reading for anyone
trying to understand the origins and development of regional variation
in historic landscape character. |
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5 January
- EU/CULTURE:
EU Ministers wants to promotes Culture in External Relations and
European heritage
The Council of EU Ministers for Education, Youth and Culture
gathered on the 20 and 21 of November in Brussels under the French
presidency voted in favour of three main documents 1) the conclusions
on the promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue
in the external relations of the Union and its Member States,
2) a Resolution on a European strategy for multilingualism and
3) the Decision proclaiming 2009 as the "European Year of
Creativity and Innovation". The adoption of the first document
is a direct consequence of the on going work on the UNESCO Convention
of the protection and promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression,
the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 and the European
Agenda for Culture, one of whose main objectives is the promotion
of culture as a ‘vital element in the Union's international
relations’...
- World
Monuments Watch 2010
The World Monuments Watch, the biennial list of 100 most endangered
sites, calls international attention to cultural heritage around
the world that is threatened by the forces of nature and society.
From archaeological sites to iconic architecture, cultural landscapes
to historic city centers, the Watch identifies places of significance
in need of timely action. Every two years, WMF accepts new nominations
to the Watch, from which 100 are selected for listing. Watch listing
provides an opportunity for sites and their nominators to raise
public awareness, foster local participation, advance innovation
and collaboration, and demonstrate effective solutions. The Watch
nomination process also serves as a vehicle for requesting World
Monuments Fund (WMF) assistance for select projects. More than
500 sites from over 110 countries have benefited from the seven
cycles of the Watch; nearly half of these have received WMF grants,
totaling $50 million.
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