scholarly journals Perspective of Materiality in Archaeological Heritage

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalija Ćosić
Keyword(s):  
Professional Community ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Stone Monuments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Standpoint ◽  
Contemporary Context

In the wider professional community gathered around the notion of archaeological heritage, there is an undisputed consensus that the material traces have to be preserved for research, education and presentation, for the present and future generations. However, the climate change, pollution, intensive urbanization and other perils present a significant source of risk for archaeological remains in their original settings. Additionally, archaeological evidence may be present in the form of skeletal remains, cave drawings, landscapes or negatives of missing objects or materials. Underwater finds, stone monuments, archaeobotanical traces, fortifications, or wooden sanctuaries may all also constitute archaeological remains. In order to be preserved today, each of these examples requires various conditions, processing of material traces and preservation after excavation. Finally, all these artefacts and ecofacts gain different places in the contemporary context. Bearing in mind the variety of situations and forms in which archaeological finds and material remains may occur, it is necessary to reconsider the scope of the content embraced by the term of archaeological heritage and material traces of the past, under the conditions of rapid and intensive changes. Here the theoretical standpoint is applied derived from Bruno Latour, about the role of various actants, live and non-live participants in social processes. In this sense, objects – artefacts and ecofacts, are parts of diverse processes of negotiation and reshaping of their environment. They can equally influence, entice, stop or change processes. In order to contribute to solving this dilemma, the text discusses the notion of archaeological materialities at the intersection of conservation and archaeological perspectives. It is argued that, when facing the current problems, especially in regard to in situ preservation, the answers and inspiration should be sought for in the wider conceptualization of materiality, as the guide and source of specific knowledges, leading to new theoretical insights.

Academic critique and the need for an open mind (a response to Kristiansen)

Antiquity ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (316) ◽  
pp. 490-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Holtorf
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Mind

In two recent books, From Stonehenge to Las Vegas – Archaeology as popular culture (AltaMira 2005) and Archaeology is a brand! The meaning of archaeology in popular culture (Archaeopress 2007), Cornelius Holtorf wants us to readdress the focus of archaeology from being predominantly a study of the past to becoming a study of its use in popular culture in the present. While I am in general sympathy with the attempt to analyse the role of archaeology in modern popular culture – and his 2007 book especially provides some good examples of that – I am deeply sceptical of Holtorf's theoretical and political programme for archaeology. It represents a dangerous attempt to deconstruct archaeology as a historical discipline in order to allow modern market forces to take over the archaeological heritage and the consumption of the past as popular culture.

In situobservation of morphological changes of γ′ precipitates in a pre-deformed single-crystal Ni-base superalloy

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 935-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Strunz ◽  
Gerhard Schumacher ◽  
Hellmuth Klingelhöffer ◽  
Albrecht Wiedenmann ◽  
Jan Šaroun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
External Load ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Subsequent Heating ◽  
Detailed Evaluation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Base Superalloy

Exposure of a superalloy to an external load results in anisotropic coarsening of the γ′ precipitates, so-called rafting. It was reported in the past that γ′ rafting can also occur as a result of purely thermal treatment, without the simultaneous presence of an external load, if the specimen has been pre-deformed at relatively low temperature. The evolution of γ′ morphology in pre-deformed specimens of SCA425 Ni-base superalloy was examined in the present study. Unlike in the previous experiments, the compressive stress was used for pre-straining.In situsmall-angle neutron scattering (SANS) was employed, which enabled the determination of the morphology directly at high temperature. Both for strong and for weak pre-straining, rounding of the originally cuboidal precipitates towards an ellipsoidal shape on heating was observed. Weak pre-straining (0.1, 0.5%) does not cause rafting on subsequent heating. On the other hand, the detailed evaluation of SANS data provides some indication of rafting during the subsequent heating after severe compressive pre-straining (2%). The experiment indicates the role of dislocation rearrangement at the matrix/precipitate interface during pre-straining.

scholarly journals Some Notes on Maintaining Authenticity in the Presentation of Archaeological Sites in Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Kamenova ◽  
Lyudmil Vagalinski
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The One ◽  
Scientific Value

We present the challenges facing Bulgarian experts in finding the balance between preserving the authenticity of archaeological structures and their context, and turning them into a comprehensible and attractive visitor site. Thanks to European funding over the past ten years, a number of projects have been implemented in Bulgaria for conservation, restoration, exhibition and public presentation of archaeological heritage, where the main aim is to achieve a complete visitor product. The economic and social effect, on the one hand, has a positive impact as an inspiration for archaeological research and the popularisation of this type of cultural heritage, but has led to a compromise of the scientific value at some sites. We note some examples to illustrate the combined role of experts, participants and stakeholders in their 'reading' and 'translating' the archaeology – seeking to generate interest, clarify and convey the experience of 'genius loci'. The role of the state in the management of archaeological heritage is examined through its different governmental levels and interaction. The requirements imposed by legislation and practice are also observed. First, the development of the archaeological heritage conservation system in Bulgaria will be briefly reviewed, its current state of the processes, its actors and the interactions between them, the positive and the negative aspects, and, in more detail, the problems we face in preserving authenticity while turning the archaeological site into an attractive one. Then we focus on our main topic; the authenticity and the attractiveness of archaeological sites in Bulgaria.

scholarly journals La representación del patrimonio arqueológico en los libros de texto de Educación Primaria: El contexto indígena canario como estudio de caso

Panta Rei ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
A. José Farrujía de la Rosa ◽  
Carmen Ascanio Sánchez ◽  
Ulises Martín Hernández ◽  
Cristo Manuel Hernández Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Cultural Hegemony ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The One

En este artículo analizamos el tratamiento didáctico que recibe el patrimonio arqueológico canario de la etapa indígena en los libros de texto de Ciencias Sociales de Primaria de Canarias, con un especial foco de atención en la representación de género. A partir de un análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo, centrado en los libros de texto de cuatro editoriales, en el marco de la LOMCE, nuestra investigación analiza qué se considera patrimonio arqueológico en la enseñanza, cómo y qué se enseña, y cuál es el rol de las mujeres en el contenido educativo y en el hecho histórico. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan la reproducción de miradas eurocéntricas, la inexistencia de una definición explícita de los vestigios arqueológicos y, por tanto, del propio concepto de patrimonio, así como el predominio de la hegemonía cultural androcéntrica. Esta realidad presenta claras afinidades con la constatada en otros estudios afines del estado español. In this article we analyze the didactic approach for the Canarian archaeological heritage from the indigenous period within the Primary textbooks of Social Sciences in the Canary Islands, paying also attention to the representation of gender. From a qualitative and quantitative approach, focused on the textbooks from four different publishers, and within the framework of LOMCE, our research analyzes what is considered archaeological heritage in teaching, how and what is taught, and what is the role of women in the historic fact and in the educational content. The main results show the predominance of the androcentric cultural hegemony, the reproduction of Eurocentric views, the absence of an explicit definition for the archaeological remains and, therefore, for the concept of heritage. This panorama presents clear affinities with the one documented in other parts of Spain.

scholarly journals Up Close and Personal: Feeling the Past at Urban Archaeological Sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Ireland
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Complex Matrix ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Personal Feeling ◽  
The City

In this article I focus on the emotional, sensory and aesthetic affordances of urban archaeological remains conserved in situ and explore what these ruins ‘do’ in the context of the layered urban fabric of the city. I am concerned with a particular category of archaeological remains: those that illustrate the colonial history of settler nations, exploring examples in Sydney and Montreal. Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of ‘affective economies’ – where emotions work to stick things together and align individuals with communities – I tease out some of the distinctive aspects of this particular form of social/emotional/material entanglement, that appears to create stable objects of memory and identity from a much more contingent and complex matrix of politics, social structures, and the more-than-human materiality of the city. I argue that an understanding of the affective qualities of ruins and archaeological traces, and of how people feel heritage and the past through aesthetic and sensuous experiences of materiality, authenticity, locality and identity, bring us closer to understanding how heritage works. 

scholarly journals Tinggalan Arkeologi Di Pura Penataran Kacang Bubuan Mas

HUMANIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Mochamad Irfan ◽  
I Wayan Srijaya ◽  
Coleta Palupi Titasari
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Shift Function ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
The Temple

In Bali, the archaeological remains is still functioned and sanctified by the public by placing them in a temple, one of them is Penataran Kacang Bubuan Mas Temple, Ubud, Gianyar regency. The methodin this study is a qualitative committee method which will produce desktiptif data in the form of written words. Data analyis being applied in this research is the qualitative analysis,iconography analysis and contextual analysis. Some theories being applied in this research is the functional theory and semiotics theory. Based on the analysis, the conclusions are drawn in the form of archaeological heritage of 1 piece Ganesha statue,1 piece simpel statue (primitive statue), 6 pieces embodiment statues of bhatari, 2 pieces embodiment statues of bhatara, 1 piece lingga (tribhaga), 2 pieces animal statues, 1 piece priest statue, 1 pieces clownman statue, 4 pieces fragments of statues, 1 piece fragment waterless building fragment, 1 piece natural stone. Archaelogical remains in Penataran Kacang Bubuan Mas Temple, Ubud, Gianyar regency when viewed from its function in the past has experienced a shift function. The local community is still sanctify archaeological remains as a workship tool to ask for safety and protection from harm and fertility. The meaning of the archaeological remains found in the temple is sacred objects for the means of worship by the penyungsung pura community. The means of worshiping the requested statues is symbolism or symbolic that connects worshipers with gods, ancestral holy spirits or for Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (God).

Progress in ultrastructural and molecular analysis of the nuclear matrix

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 508-509
Author(s):  
Edward G. Fey
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Nuclear Matrix ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Matrix Proteins ◽  
Rna Transcription ◽  
Nuclear Matrix Proteins ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Function

In the past few years, considerable advances have been made regarding the structure and function of the nuclear matrix. In the first half of this presentation, the field of nuclear matrix research will be summarized. Emphasis will be placed on those studies where molecular interactions are demonstrated in situ utilizing high resolution light and/or electron microscopy. Studies demonstrating the role of the nuclear matrix in DNA synthesis and replication, RNA transcription and processing, and the binding of matrix attachment regions to specific nuclear matrix proteins will be summarized.

Trends in Support of Educational Research for the Handicapped

1968 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 523-527
Author(s):  
Max W. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
Special Education Programs

The US Office of Education has been involved in the support of educational research related to the handicapped for slightly over ten years. During this period the level of support, breadth of program, and flexibility of funding have consistently and significantly improved. Most important, the role of the US Office of Education has changed from one of passive reaction to the professional community to one of active leadership in the advancement of the field of special education. Programs instituted by the Division of Research within the past year and expanding authority provided by new legislation promise even greater development during the coming years.

Using Testing Methods to Evaluate Pipeline Mechanical Integrity

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Mechanical Integrity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Pipeline Systems ◽  
Girth Welds

Evaluating the mechanical integrity of pipelines involves a variety of tools and skill sets. Over the past several years there has been an increased interest in assessing the performance of vintage pipeline systems and specifically evaluating the effects of existing defects on future performance. Examples of defects include girth and seam welds, corrosion, dents, and wrinkle bends. While lessons learned from prior experience and analysis are critical, the role of testing in the evaluation process is receiving focused attention. This paper includes detailed discussions on how testing has been used over the past decade to help pipeline companies assess the integrity of their pipeline systems. Specific emphasis is placed on helping the reader better understand what testing techniques are most appropriate and determining how to interpret and correlate the results into useful information for operating safe pipelines. Case studies are presented that include studies on seam welds subject to cyclic pressures, wrinkle bends, girth welds, and corrosion in dents. A well-designed test program can be used to validate numerical modeling efforts and provide engineers with insights regarding in situ behavior of pipeline systems.

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