“Conservation at the Core of Archaeological Strategy: The Case of Ancient Urkesh at Tell Mozan,”
Conservation,
The Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter 18.
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The present paper addresses the question of what the word and concept of ‘conservation’ means on the archaeological field. On the base of the experience at Urkesh, the authors propose to envisage a broader concept of ‘conservation’: on one hand, the archaeologists are requested to think about the restoration before starting to dig (thus, acting as restorers); on the other hand, the conservators are invited to deal with an archaeological mind (thus, behaving as archaeologists).
As successful examples of such an approach, the authors report the on-field restoration of the andirons from Tell Mozan and the construction of a protective and conservative system for the structures of the site.
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