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- Illsley, William, 1989
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Problematising the Historic Environment Record: Comments on Persistent Issues in England and Sweden
- 2019
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Ingår i: Conservation and Management of Archeological Sites. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1350-5033 .- 1753-5522. ; 21:2, s. 113-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a mainstay of local and national cultural heritage management, historic environment records play an effective role in the dissemination of data, particularly in the modern development control process. However, despite their functionality and sustained professional use, these inventories are not unproblematic, particularly in regards to informal usage. Based on the author’s professional experience this article will discuss some of the issues which convolute the delivery of historic environment data. These issues can be grouped thematically beneath the banners of fragmentation, interoperability, and accessibility. Underpinning these three topics is the relationship between historic environment records as institutions and digitality as both a cognitive process and a distribution mechanism. From a critical perspective, the extent to which these issues reoccur and inhibit the flow of data will be highlighted by examining the historic environment practice in England and Sweden in the hope that these insights can inform the contemporary approach.
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- Ngan-Tillard, D., et al.
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Under Pressure: A Laboratory Investigation into the Effects of Mechanical Loading on Charred Organic Matter in Archaeological Sites
- 2015
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Ingår i: Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1753-5522 .- 1350-5033. ; 17:2, s. 122-142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present publication investigates what happens to archaeological sites when they are built over. Focus is put on the degradation of charred organic materials by static loading. It is assumed that materials lose archaeological value if their fragments become too small to be recovered, or too distorted to be classified at species level. Several charred ecofacts of a few millimetres in size (wood fragments, hazelnut shells, and seeds) have been selected and subjected to individual particle strength tests. Assemblages of these particles have also been compressed one-dimensionally and scanned at several stages of testing using laboratory based X-ray microtomography. Microscopic damage by splitting or crushing is found to be limited at the macroscopic yield stress. It initiated at stresses less than 80 kPa for the weakest assemblages, and in all cases at stresses below 320 kPa. (80 kPa represents the load of a 6 m high sand embankment on soft soil that has half-settled underneath the groundwater table, while 320 kPa corresponds to stresses applied beneath the pile foundation level of high-rise buildings.) Sand seeded with charred particles has also been tested to illustrate the beneficial effect of embedment of charred particles in sand during static one dimensional loading.
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- Westin, Jonathan, 1980, et al.
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Augmenting the Stone: Rock Art and Augmented Reality in a Nordic Climate
- 2023
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Ingår i: Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. - 1350-5033 .- 1753-5522. ; 23:5-6, s. 258-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sweden has some of the best-preserved Bronze Age rock art in the world, with more than 20,000 rock art sites. While there is no clear evidence indicating the origin of this tradition, in the World Heritage area of Tanum some of the rock art is enhanced with red colour. However, the practice flattens the more complex time-depth of the engravings and cements faulty interpretations, thus alternative ways for visualising the rock art are being considered. Globally, several Augmented Reality applications have been made for the visualisation of rock art; however, none have yet been developed for the Nordic context, where conditions are affected by seasonal elements. With Tanum, Sweden, as a case study, this paper discusses the challenges in applying Augmented Reality to Nordic Rock Art.
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- Björdal, Charlotte, 1961, et al.
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Strategies for protection of wooden underwater cultural heritage in the Baltic sea against marine borers. The EU project "WreckProtect"
- 2012
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Ingår i: Conservation and Management of Archeological Sites. - 1350-5033. ; 14:1-4, s. 201-214
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Marine borers constitute a great danger to historical shipwreck in marine environments as they are able to decompose wood material in just a few years. Recently, there have been indications that the marine borer Teredo navalis is spreading into the brackish Baltic sea, where thousands of invaluable historical wrecks for centuries have had unique preservation conditions. The WreckProtect project was a coordination and support action funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Program. The main objective of the project was to develop tools for predicting the spread of marine borers into the Baltic and to evaluate methods for in situ protection of the historical wreck and submerged settlements. This paper gives a summary final report of the project and an overview of results.
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- Nyström Godfrey, Inger, et al.
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The RAAR Project — Heritage Management Aspects on Reburial After Ten Years of Work
- 2012
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Ingår i: Conservation and Management of Archeological Sites. - 1350-5033. ; 14:1-4, s. 360-371
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The general purpose of the international reburial project, Reburial and Analyses of Archaeological Remains (RAAR), is to evaluate reburial as a method for the long-term storage and preservation of waterlogged archaeological remains. Since 2001 material samples have been buried, retrieved, analysed systematically, and the results reported. RAAR has mainly focused on the degradation of materials commonly encountered on archaeological sites, and on environmental monitoring techniques in order to determine what type of material can be reburied and for how long. The project has concluded that a heritage institution could provide short- or long-term curation for its archaeological archive by using reburial depots provided they are set up according to guidelines and restrictions stipulated by the RAAR project. However, there are management and legal aspects that need to be discussed and resolved before each reburial project. Actual reburials that have been carried out so far are often a solution to emergency situations and lack collection and management policies. The questions ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘for how long’ have been forgotten and need to be addressed. The legal protection of a reburial site is also important. This paper discusses these aspects and their consequences and highlights possible differences in approaches between the countries involved in the RAAR project.
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