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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Archaeology in the PPG16 Era: Investigations in England 1990–2010 [Hardback]
Timothy Darvill (Author); Bronwen Russell (Author); Ehren Milner (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
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ISBN: 9781789251081
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP), funded by English Heritage, systematically collected information about the nature and outcomes of more than 86,000 archaeological projects undertaken between 1990 and 2010. This volume looks at the ... .... Learn More -
Creating Images of a Turkish Past: Identity and the Representation of Archaeology in Modern Turkey [Hardback]
Melania Savino (Author)
£69.00ISBN: 9781784532529
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Library of Modern Turkey
Volume: 18
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What role do the narratives of the ancient past play in the modern Turkish Republic? How is the knowledge of this past constructed and displayed to the public? Melania Savino answers these questions through an analysis of the role of archaeology a... .... Learn More -
Culture and Perspective at Times of Crisis: State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage [Hardback]
Ioannis Poulios (Author); Sophia Antoniadou (Editor); Giorgos Vavouranakis (Editor); Pavlina Raouzaiou (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £30.00
ISBN: 9781785708596
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Culture and Perspective deals with a variety of key aspects concerning heritage management at times of crisis and specifically with the public character of cultural heritage. Special, but not exclusive emphasis, is on the case of Greece. ... .... Learn More -
The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice [Hardback]
Angela M. Labrador (Editor); Neil Asher Silberman (Editor)
£97.00ISBN: 9780190676315
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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The field of cultural heritage is no longer solely dependent on the expertise of art and architectural historians, archaeologists, conservators, curators, and site and museum administrators. It has dramatically expanded across disciplinary boundar... .... Learn More -
A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace [Hardback]
Lynn Meskell (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780190648343
Published by : Oxford University Press
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In 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded as an intergovernmental agency aimed at fostering peace, humanitarianism, and intercultural understanding. Its mission stemmed from a European organ... .... Learn More -
Collecting the Past: British Collectors and their Collections from the 18th to the 20th Centuries [Hardback]
Toby Burrows (Editor); Cynthia Johnston (Editor)
£115.00ISBN: 9780815382348
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
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Today’s museums and libraries are heavily indebted to the passions and obsessions of numerous individual collectors who devoted their lives to amassing collections of books, manuscripts, artworks, and other culturally significant objects. Collecti... .... Learn More -
Collecting and Collectors: From Antiquity to Modernity [Paperback]
Alexandra Carpino (Editor); Tiziana D'Angelo (Editor); Maya Muratov (Editor); David Saunders (Editor)
£20.00ISBN: 9781931909365
Published by : Archaeological Institute of America
Series: AIA Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture
Volume: 4
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This volume is a timely exploration of many facets of collecting and collectors. It brings together sixteen papers originally presented in two colloquia and a workshop at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto. Part 1, Collecting and Presenting the Et... .... Learn More -
Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (TechnoHeritage 2017), May 21-24, 2017, Cadiz, Spain [Hardback]
Maria Jesus Mosquera (Editor)
£180.00ISBN: 9781138067448
Published by : Routledge
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TechnoHeritage 2017, the 3rd International Congress Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, was held May 20-23, 2017, in Cadiz, Spain, under the umbrella of the TechnoHeritage network. TechnoHeritage is an initiative fund... .... Learn More -
Who Owns the Past? [Paperback]
Maja Gori (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781784917630
Published by : Archaeopress
The second issue of Ex Novo hosts papers exploring the various ways in which the past is remembered, recovered, created and used. In particular, contributions discuss the role of archaeology in present-day conflict areas and its function as peacek... .... Learn More -
Museum Thresholds: The Design and Media of Arrival [Hardback]
Ross Parry (Editor); Ruth Page (Editor); Alex Moseley (Editor)
£105.00ISBN: 9781138646032
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
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Museum Thresholds is a progressively interdisciplinary volume, in which a range of international experts explore the importance and potential of entrance spaces for visitor experience. The chapters, in the three themed sections, explore a range of... .... Learn More
