ARCHAIA: Case Studies on Research Planning, Characterisation, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

£117.00
Editors:
Nicolò Marchetti and Ingolf Thuesen
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303574
Paperback:
471pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs including 17 colour plates
ISBN 10:
1407303570
BAR number:
S1877
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
That field archaeological research and the conservation of ancient remains are inseparable actions is now a commonly shared opinion. However, in practice this consensus does not come with a check-list of shared protocols which can help in identifying thebest possible solutions in each case. The ways of presenting a site to the public are often conceived a posteriori, after the completion of an archaeological project and without taking advantage of all the data produced by secondary studies and analysis of the excavated materials. Field archaeologists have long been confronted by these problems and this work is the result of a symposium on the topic, now known as the ARCHAIA project, held by group of colleagues from the Universities of Bologna, Copenhagen and Zadar, to which some other key speakers were added. This book contains the results of their joint efforts in highlighting what they think may be some of the most promising avenues for future practice and research.