Category Archives: culture
Ideas Roadshow Interviews Classical Archaeologist
A reader recently pointed me towards “Herculaneum Uncovered,” an interview with Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Professor of Classics at Cambridge and Director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project. The interview appears in the latest issue of Ideas Roadshow, a multimedia magazine dedicated to the … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, culture, Herculaneum, heritage, Ideas Roadshow, Pompeii, preservation
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Rock Art Vandals Strike Again (and Again) in American Southwest
In December 2010, I focused on a particularly alarming example of cultural heritage destruction striking rock art sites across the American Southwest (“Graffiti Vandals Hit Rock Art Sites in American Southwest”). Two archaeological and natural sites — Agua Fria National … Continue reading
What is a collection, and what is collecting?
As a child I had all sorts of collections: stamps, keychains, milk caps (“pogs”), coins, and ice hockey pucks. As an adult I still have all sorts of collections: rocks and minerals, photographs, books, and museum maps. And sure enough, … Continue reading
For Your Consideration…
I’ve noticed every so often some bloggers will update their site with a “Footnotes” post where they include a few links to relevant material and provide minimal commentary. I used to think this was a second-rate way of keeping readers … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, culture, Culture in Peril, Footnotes, heritage, museums
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Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Heritage
Melissa Abraham, senior communications specialist at the J. Paul Getty Trust, posted an article, “What Do You Mean, ‘Sustainability and Cultural Heritage?,” in which she discusses sustainable development as it relates to the preservation of cultural resources. Sustainable development, according to … Continue reading
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