This publication summarises research investigating approaches to
the conservation and management of earthen architecture. A number
of these different earth-building techniques also make use of
earthen mortars and/or earth plasters or renders. In these
different forms earth has been used as a building material for
domestic, religious, burial, administrative, palatial and domestic
structures for the last ten millennia - the legacy is both
monumental and vernacular. This research explores these approaches
to earthen architecture around the world, and with particular
reference to the study area - Iran, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
The different approaches to conservation and management are
critiqued in relation to their practical effectiveness,
relationship to conservation theory, values of earthen architecture
and sustainability. This study uses the identification of the
materials and techniques used for the conservation and management
of earthen architecture as a means to understand, articulate and
explore attitudes and approaches to the building material, within
the context of wider conservation and heritage theory. Part 1
examines earthen architecture, its study, use, physical properties
and more abstract values. Part 2 examines conservation approaches
to earthen architecture in archaeological contexts. The CD contains
appendices of supporting data referred to in the main text.
General
| Imprint: |
Bar Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
British Archaeological Reports International Series |
| Release date: |
September 2010 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Authors: |
Louise Cooke
|
| Dimensions: |
297 x 210 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
• Online resource
|
| Pages: |
177 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4073-0688-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4073-0688-X |
| Barcode: |
9781407306889 |
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