A Brief Note On The Conservation Of Ruins

* ‘This late, the architecture is desolate and reached of colour’’ symbolic, suggests of life having been washed out in the town-devoid of colour.

“This demolition is devastating,” Archambault said. “These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground.”

Archaeologists are now able to come together with natives and learn about the past as a team, getting more insight into ceremonials, traditions, sacred ritueals, everyday workings, and lifestyles of native peoples. Respecting the grounds and artifacts of these indigenous people is respecting their heritage- our universal heritage. The unfolding of information allows archaeologists to gain perspective on the people and land before the white

A sophisticated house or dumpy gas station catches the eye for a moment then becomes lost amongst other thoughts. However, like the art in our homes, a building's purpose is not to be stared at like a museum painting. They influence the mood of those who occupy the space. Even for people who live far away, it creates a happy thoughtfulness that these places still exist in our throwaway

Louis was one of the most worldwide-circulated examples of concentrated poverty and public housing failure. When Charles Jencks announced “Modern architecture died in St Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972, at 3:32pm”, he was referring to the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe housing development, a 57 acre array of 11-stories public housing blocks, representing the death of modern architecture and its iconic failure in American public housing

This declaration focuses on cultural landscapes in terms of the ' interaction of people and nature over time' .3 The majority of World Heritage listed cultural landscapes are ' evolved continuing landscapes, where people and nature dwell together' . Most cultural landscapes fit into this category: they are living landscapes, changing as the culture, climate and natural surroundings change within and around them. The character of the landscape thus reflects the values of the people who have shaped it, and who continue to live in it. The culture itself is the shaping force. Landscape is a cultural expression that does not happen by chance but is created informally or by

Is cultural property even necessary and does it factor into basic development? Along with these problems, human flourishing may in fact favor preservation if we look to the duties we owe those people in the past to finish and maintain the projects that they

The Mayan ruins have always been a fascinating ancient structure to me. My family is from Guatemala so every vacation, we would visit and go see the temples. The history contained in these pyramids are incredible and how they were built are still a mystery because with the technology we have today, it would still be a difficult structure to build.

Both Australian Fossil Mammal Site and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump are considered archeological sites which have unique challenges in comparison to other heritage sites. Conserving archaeological sites in urban environments includes two perspectives: the challenges of preserving archaeological sites in densely populated areas and the study of the evolution of the settlement itself. Both perspectives are essential in preserving the relationship between individual sites and the settlement as a whole.6 Conserving archaeological sites in urban environments, can be of large efforts. Australian Fossil Mammal Sites and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump on the other hand do not need to be concerned about this dilemma due to their large proximity to civilization. Also since the large distance from the sites to civilization these heritage site avoid another large challenge some heritage sites face. Having a heritage site close to highly populated area often need to deal with pollution, new constructions, upgrades for public works and intensive traffic.6 Another potential challenge all heritage sites face is lack of interest and funding. It is important to maintain stakeholders for each site to generate interest and provide funding for proper archeological site maintenance. The World Heritage Convention states the biggest challenge for historical sites is funding and technical assistance.9 One of the most important challenges is for future World Heritage cultural landscapes to be better used as a tool for regional development and poverty eradication.9 Maintenance is an important part of the Preservation process. Regular maintenance will preserve character defining elements and extend the service life of functional components.6 As the conservation challenges increase, as sites face the impact of global processes, UNESCO will have to rethink and reshape

The earlest and modern archaeologist try to find what are the real reason these building have been constructed for.Thus,they come up with theories traying to explane.

Humans hold on. As emotional creatures, we struggle to separate the function of an object from its sentimental value — we see a ragged ribbon from years ago as the sole representation of our sixth grade dance, the poetry project we did in fourth grade as a gateway back to our childhood innocence, and the strip of photos from a trip to the movies just last week already embodies a sense of otherness and warrants preservation. This phenomenon occurs on the societal scale as well, driven from a carnal fear that forgotten history repeats, and communities then strive to create memorials that accurately reflect the lessons learnt, sacrifices made, and complexity of history. As a result, the process of monument-building requires painstaking attention

This picture of my brother and I was taken in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico about an hour an a half drive from Cancun, Mexico this summer. My family and I went to go visit the Mayan ruins, and while we were there we noticed that there was an abundance of wildlife. For example, there was a large population of iguanas present, there is also a large presence from the sea turtles, and the beach in the background is a nesting ground for them. Another thing that I observed is that there was a lot of shrubbery, and cacti.

But you can rediscover it by visiting and taking in all the stories and culture the ruins provide. In doing so, you not only will enjoy the wonderful architecture and lush wilderness surrounding the site, but you’ll also be doing your part in protecting this treasure. For more information, please visit the UNESCO World Heritage Properties site at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/129/ or book your trip now at https://www.tripadvisor.com/.

“There may have been a time when preservation was about saving an old building here or there, but those days are gone. Preservation is in the business of saving communities and the value they embody” - Richard Moe, The Nation Trust for Historic Preservation. Historic preservation is an all-embracing social, economic, and environmental movement that protects historic buildings, monuments, and sites, with a direct focus on the link between the rehabilitation of historic buildings and their sustainability. Preservation began in the United States in as early as the eighteenth century. Early preservation in America is closely linked to our nation’s history, except, early movement were not diverse and focused mainly on European ancestral history,

“Human houses should not be like boxes, blazing in the sun, nor should we outrage the Machine by trying to make dwelling places too complementary to Machinery. Any building for humane purposes should be an elemental, sympathetic feature of the ground, complementary to its nature-environment, belonging by kinship to the terrain.”