Conservation Of Ruins
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780750664295
Description: Despite growing international awareness of the presence and significance of ruined buildings and archaeological sites, these sites continue to be at risk across the globe. This book defines and describes these risks, which range from neglect, to destructive archaeology, and even well-meaning intervention in the name of tourism.