Documenting Damage to Cultural Property in Ukraine

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Current events have demonstrated that the archaeological sites, museums, and historic structures that compose the cultural landscape of Ukraine are suffering in the current conflict. In this poster, we summarize the recent collaborative efforts of the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab (CHML), Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), and University of Maryland (UMD) to document cultural heritage loss and support cultural property protection (CPP) measures in Ukraine. Covering efforts since the beginning of the conflict, we outline: 1.) our approach to satellite-based identification of potential and confirmed impacts to cultural heritage sites; 2.) our documentation of conflict-related damage to cultural heritage as a part of the Conflict Observatory; and 3.) our support to on-the-ground preservation of cultural heritage. Together, these efforts contribute to the combined goals of rapid identification and communication of damage/loss, documentation for accountability, and direct support to cultural heritage professionals in Ukraine.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37571.0