Heritage & Conservation
All aspects of the definition and preservation of cultural heritage and human interaction with the past, from conservation techniques to museum studies, contested pasts, and concepts of cultural property
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The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle [Paperback]
Anna Keay (Editor); John Watkins (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781848020344
Published by : English Heritage
The garden created by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle in the early 1570s was one of the wonders of Elizabethan England. It is also the best documented of all the great gardens of its age, providing the starting point for Eng... .... Learn More -
England's Shipwreck Heritage: From logboats to U-boats? [Hardback]
Serena Cant (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781848020443
Published by : English Heritage
What do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recordin... .... Learn More -
The Crofton Story: The History of the Crofton Pumping Station [Paperback]
Ian Broome (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9780947723163
Published by : Wiltshire Archaeology & Natural History Society
Crofton Pumping Station near Great Bedwyn on the Kennet and Avon Canal is an important piece of the industrial archaeology of the canal age. It houses the oldest working steam engine in the world still in its original engine hous... .... Learn More -
Greek Vases in the Imperial Hermitage Museum: History of the Collection 1816-69 [Paperback]
Anastasi Bukina (Author); Anna Petrakova (Author); Catherine Phillips (Author)
£48.00ISBN: 9781407311326
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2514
The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg has one of the world’s great collections of Greek vases. In addition to the numerous vases and fragments found on Russian territory, it includes those found in Italy and acquired directl... .... Learn More -
Landscape and Garden Design: Lessons from History [Paperback]
Gordon Haynes (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781849950824
Published by : Whittles Publishing
This book presents a chronological review of garden design which both simplifies the big picture and supplies a rationale, with examples, of the merits and demerits of each design period while reflecting on the social conditions w... .... Learn More -
Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: From UNESCO to Djenne [Paperback]
Charlotte L. Joy (Author)
£66.95ISBN: 9781611320947
Published by : Left Coast Press
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenné, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel writers. In this revealing study, the author ... .... Learn More -
Large-Scale Excavations in Europe: Fieldwork Strategies and Scientific Outcome [Hardback]
Jorg Bofinger (Author); Dirk Krausse (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789639911291
Published by : Archaeolingua
Series: EAC Occasional Paper
Volume: 6
During the last decades, the number of large-scale excavations has increased significantly. Such excavations have become an important element of archaeological cultural heritage management. This kind of large-area fieldwork off ers not only new... .... Learn More -
Constantinople to Cordoba: Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain [Hardback]
Michael Greenhalgh (Author)
£175.00ISBN: 9789004212466
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
A survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey through Syria, Palestine, North Africa to Islamic Spain. Offering a large number of varied examp... .... Learn More -
Memory Contested, Locality Transformed: Representing Japanese Colonial Heritage in Taiwan [Paperback]
Min-Chin Chiang (Author)
£36.95ISBN: 9789087281724
Published by : Leiden University Press
Min-Chin Chiang presents the extreme complexity of sharing the Japanese colonial past in postcolonial Taiwanese society. In this book she examines possibilities of decolonization through community-based heritage activities. Problems and ambigui... .... Learn More -
Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Key Principles and Approaches [Hardback]
Hanna Szczepanowska (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9780415674744
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This textbook aims to provide a broad overview of museum conservation and preservation, ranging across both more traditional approaches to art and archaeological artefacts, and more modern ethical and philosophical concerns relati... .... Learn More