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The Conservation of an Archaic Greek City on Crete

AIA Best Practices Award recipient Donald Haggis discusses the conservation efforts at the Archaic Greek site of Azoria.

Public Partnership in Site Preservation: the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program

Coordinators for the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program discuss its volunteer steward training workshops in the efforts to raise awareness for and protection of sites in California.

A New Model for Site Preservation and Archaeological Practice

Archaeologists describe their innovative plan for the preservation of archaeological and architectural heritage within an urban green space by highlighting an ongoing project at Blackfriary in Trim, County Meath, Ireland.

Lower Pecos Rock Art Recording and Preservation Project

SHUMLA rock art recording experts describe the methodology for recording the threatened rock art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands in southwest Texas and northern Mexico.

Conservation in Archaeology: Case Studies in the Mediterranean Region

Roberto Nardi explores developments in the field of archaeological conservation, especially in regards to documentation and the study of monuments, preventive conservation, training, and public outreach.

The 1954 Hague Convention and Preserving Cultural Heritage

Corine Wegener, founder and President of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, discusses the role and implementation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict after the U.S. ratification of the Convention in 2009.

A Museum’s Online Artifact Database as a Tool to Support Teaching and Research

Staff members from the Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University discuss how implementing a well designed artifact database greatly increases accessibility to the museum’s collections.

Ben’s House: Designing History at Franklin Court, Philadelphia

AIA Site Preservation Committee member Frank G. Matero discusses designing history and the conscious production of place at the former home of Benjamin Franklin.

Overcoming the Crisis in Mosaic Conservation

Thomas Roby, Senior Project Specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute and an AIA Site Preservation Committee member writes about challenges in mosaic conservation.

Sheltering the Mosaics of Piazza Armerina: Issues of Conservation and Presentation

When dealing with archaeological sites one is often confronted with the preservation of surviving fabric that was designed and built for indoor spaces (mosaics, mural paintings, etc.) and that can hardly be presented in an open environment.

Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology: An Introduction

An introduction to heritage, conservation, and archaeology

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