Cultural Heritage (Other Keyword)
26-50 (53 Records)
As climate change threats to cultural heritage become more apparent a range of responses is emerging across the globe. This session will discuss examples of different approaches to this problem in areas outside of the United States. While white papers and policy statements will be discussed the main focus will be on 'on the ground' programs that are monitoring, and/or implementing mitigation and adaptation actions to protect cultural heritage around the world. Examples, from Europe, South...
International Intellectual Property Law and Traditional Crafts: A Case Study (2016)
This case study uses historic looms and weaving techniques from around the world to explore the complexities of protecting traditional craft technologies used by modern groups. Descendant and indigenous communities worldwide, especially in developing nations, are using sale of their traditional crafts as a way to benefit from the increasingly popular cultural tourism industry. Cultural heritage management initiatives and the ethical sourcing of cultural materials call for more relevant and...
Keepers of the Treasures Protecting Historic Properties and Cultural Traditions on Indian Lands (1990)
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The "Linking Hispanic Heritage Through Archaeology" Program: Using National Parks to Engage Latino Youth With Their Cultural Heritage (2016)
The National Park Service-sponsored "Linking Hispanic Heritage Through Archaeology" (LHHTA) program was created in response to the NPS’s call to action to "fully represent our nation’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities". The program, a collaboration between NPS, University of Arizona, and Environmental Education Exchange, connects Hispanic youth to their cultural history using regional archaeology as a bridge. The LHHTA goals are to 1. increase awareness of National Parks within...
Living Museums of the Sea in the Dominican Republic: Bridging the Gap Between Cultural and Biological Resources (2013)
Living Museums of the Sea are public underwater parks that protect significant submerged cultural resources and the associated marine biodiversity by promoting sustainable tourism. The expanding National System in the Dominican Republic offers an alternative to destructive exploitation of the marine environment by providing the opportunity for community participation in preserving the region’s cultural and biological resources for future generations. Living Museums of the Sea provide public...
A Luta Continua: Post-Colonial Reinterpretations of Early Colonial Contacts and their Contemporary Legacies in Mozambique (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Africa’s Discovery of the World from Archaeological Perspectives: Revisiting Moments of First Contact, Colonialism, and Global Transformation", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Cultural heritage and patrimony face myriad threats across the globe. Around the world, governments and institutions continue to affirm an inherent desire to protect cultural heritage, yet actions speak louder than words. Climate...
Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (2021)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Integrating Cultural Heritage Into The Work Of The Ocean Foundation" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. More than 12.5 million Africans were held captive on 40,000+ voyages during the transatlantic slave trade. Many did not survive the voyage and the Atlantic seabed became their final resting place. Member States of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) have a duty to protect objects of an archaeological...
A Multi-temporal Analysis of Archaeological Site Destruction Using Landsat Satellite Data and Machine Learning, Moche Valley, Peru (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The destruction of archaeological sites and the loss of archaeological landscapes remains a global concern as populations and urban areas continue to expand. Archaeological sites are not only significant to local communities, national identities, and modern tourist economies but also provide critical knowledge of past sociocultural interactions, settlement...
Museums and the destruction of heritage (2015)
What are museums to do during times of war and with the destruction of cultural heritage in conflict zones? This is a question that came into focus during World War II, and more recently in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East. What are the professional and ethical responsibilities of museums in the United States, in western Europe, or in other parts of the world when destruction of cultural heritage is planned or occurring? Do museums in the West have additional...
The National Park Service Archeology Program Role in Protection and Management of International Cultural Heritage (2015)
Since it began exporting the national park idea nearly a century ago, the National Park Service (NPS) has become instrumental in the protection and preservation of cultural heritage throughout the world. Cultural heritage conservation activities conducted in partnership with other nations enable NPS to disseminate important messages about the dangers of looting and the importance of protecting heritage sites. They also help to spread contemporary preservation practices and technologies to...
A New Bak’tun – Maya Archaeology, Stewardship and Exhibitions Beyond 2012 (2016)
Mindful stewardship of cultural heritage is a collaborative and holistic effort, often carried out in changing social contexts and facing steep challenges. As archaeologists, we communicate our understanding of the past and the broad implications of archaeological research to the diverse publics that we serve. Drawing from recent work to organize and present the "Maya 2012: Lords of Time" exhibition, this presentation will highlight approaches taken to contextualize pre-Columbian Maya cultural...
New observations of looting at archaeological sites in southern Mesopotamia (2015)
Archaeological sites in Iraq have suffered the consequences of unstable political conditions. Due to this volatile situation law enforcement has been inconsistent and allowed antiquities looters to vandalize southern Mesopotamian sites. This resulted in differential rates of damage among the country’s cultural heritage sites. By focusing on the ancient archaeological site of Girsu (modern-day Telloh) and its hinterland, I used Digital Globe imagery, remote sensing techniques and recent...
A non-destructive view with X-rays into the strain state of bronze axes (2015)
In this paper we present a new approach using highly surface sensitive X-ray diffraction methods for archaeometrical investigation highlighted on the Neolithic Axe of Ahneby. Applying the sin2Ψ-method with a scintillation detector and a MAXIM camera setup, both were usually applied for material strain analysis on mod- ern metal fabrics. We can distinguish between different production states of bronze axes: cast, forged and tem- pered. The method can be applied as a local probe of some 100th of...
Oregon Tribal Historic Preservation Offices: Problems and Challenges of Starting and Maintaining a THPO (2017)
In 1992, amendments were made to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) to include provisions for Indian tribes to assume the responsibilities of the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) on tribal lands, and establish the position of a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO). THPOs are responsible for conducting a comprehensive survey of tribal historic properties and maintaining an inventory of such properties, preparing and implementing a tribal-wide historic preservation...
Protecting cultural heritage by promoting community welfare in the Syrian conflict (2016)
The recent conflict in Syria and Iraq has upended all aspects of aspects of daily life. There are now over 250,000 dead, and millions have been displaced. Famous heritage sites embedded within the region’s cultural landscape have been damaged or destroyed. In the face of such human tragedy, what can archaeologists do? This paper discusses the efforts of the Safeguarding the Heritage of Syria and Iraq (SHOSI) Project, which are aimed at both alleviating human suffering and protecting heritage...
Protection of Cultural Heritage: The Case of Yaxcabá and Yaxunah, Yucatán (2017)
The objective of the paper is to present and compare the notions held by the contemporary residents of the town of Yaxcabá, the municipality’s head, and the village of Yaxunah in Central Yucatán, about the protection and conservation of the archaeological sites on their lands. Even though Yaxcabá and Yaxunah are less than 20 km apart, these two population centers display social, political, and economic differences and have been influenced by varying amounts of exposure to archaeological...
Public Engagement Is Not Enough – Historical Archaeology’s Future Is in Collaboration (2016)
As a framework, collaborative archaeology forefronts reciprocity and shared knowledge as primary components of archaeological work. Historical archaeology has long been concerned with public engagement but continually tends toward the model of an expert archaeologist beneficently bestowing knowledge about "their history" on curious or concerned publics rather than toward reciprocal partnerships. If we are to consider the future of the field, we should be rethinking the role archaeological...
Public Outreach and the QAR Lab: Engaging Present and Future Generations in Cultural Heritage (2018)
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources encourages its facilities to engage the public of North Carolina in history and cultural heritage through education and outreach programs. The Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab is tasked with investigating, documenting, and preserving the remains of Blackbeard’s flagship, and as a member of the Department strives to provide opportunities for active learning within the local community and beyond. With limited resources and no...
Report from the Ragged Edge: Vanishing Heritage on Alaska’s North Slope (2016)
The North Slope of Alaska is home to many coastal sites with spectacular preservation, due to frozen conditions. Long considered relatively stable, these sites are now vanishing. Erosion rates have increased exponentially, due to warming permafrost, sea ice retreat and longer ice-free seasons. Coastal erosion reveals structures and features, but they are often destroyed by storms before anything significant can be done. A single recent storm removed over 30 meters of one site. North Slope...
Scrannying for Spidge amongst the Shipwrecks; Interviewing the Pirates of Plymouth, England. (2015)
Over the past 2 years the SHIPS Project has set out to conduct several dozen oral histories concerning divers’ recollections from the early days of scuba diving in Plymouth, UK. These oral histories were undertaken for several reasons, to better understand the layout of virgin shipwrecks when first located, to record the items recovered, which are affectionately known as ‘spidge’, and to document the human interest and lust for ‘scrannying’. What has been explored and expanded upon within the...
Target '96: Using the Past to Navigate the Future; An Assessment of Historic Preservation Needs in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and a Comprehensive Plan of Action for FY-1996. Part 1: Executive Summary (1996)
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The Times Are Changing: Project Archaeology Makes a Difference (2015)
Over the last 25 years, Project Archaeology has had a profound impact on educators, students, and archaeologists. Project Archaeology curricular materials and professional development have shown teachers how to transform their teaching into inquiry learning in all subjects. Students have developed deep cultural understanding of the Native peoples who have inhabited our nation before Europeans came to these shores and are still here today. These students demonstrate a profound respect for all...
Towards a Unified 'Heritage Ecology': Developing a Systems-Based Approach to Research in Archaeology and Heritage (2017)
Archaeologists and researchers in heritage-based disciplines frequently study the complex interactions between human societies and natural environments. All too often, however, research proceeds from the premise that natural patterns, stressors and events promote direct cultural changes or adaptations on the part of human societies. Instead of perpetuating this linear and causal understanding of the relationships between nature and culture, this paper develops a new, holistic framework that...
Turning Privilege into "Common-Sense": Truth-Claims and Control of Cultural Heritage (2015)
Over the course of the last few decades Indigenous and descendant communities have increasingly made calls for control of their own heritage, both in terms of material objects and historical narratives. While these efforts have resulted in at least some measure of success, these communities continue to occasionally face challenges from researchers, scholars, and other agents who are in positions of power that allow them to control and define what heritage consist of. In my paper I interrogate...
UNESCO. Existing Legislative Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Pacific Region (1982)
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