A chapter of the digital monograph: Site conservation
NOTE: on this topic, cf. also the dedicated topical book on “CONSERVATION”.
The most distinctive aspect of site conservation at Tell Mozan consists of the localized shelters that protect individual walls. The techniques of construction are presented here in detail, with specific reference to the materials used and the mode of assemblage.
Stone walls with no mud bricks are for the most part left exposed, with a minimum of protection, that is described here as well.
While I seek to minimize the use of external intervention that affects the constitutive elements of the original document, there are cases where such alteration becomes necessary, either in the way of chemicals that are injected into the very fabric of the original, or through an over layering with plaster type materials.
Horizontal surfaces present problems of an altogether different nature, and they are treated accordingly.
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