scholarly journals Muon Radiography Method for Non-Invasive Probing an Archaeological Site in the Naryn-Kala Citadel

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2040
Author(s):  
Askerkhan Abiev ◽  
Alexander Bagulya ◽  
Mikhail Chernyavskiy ◽  
Aigerim Dashkina ◽  
Alexey Dimitrienko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Emulsion ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Radiation Detectors ◽  
Test Experiment ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Muon Radiography ◽  
First Results ◽  
Modern Image

The paper presents the test experiment to investigate one of UNESCO’s (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) world heritage objects, an archaeological site in the Naryn-Kala citadel (Derbent, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation) hidden under the ground’s surface. The function of the site could be revealed by the muon radiography studies. Several nuclear emulsion detectors were exposed for two months inside the site at a depth about 10 m from the modern surface. The use of nuclear emulsions as probing radiation detectors combined with the potential of modern image analysis methods provides for a uniquely high resolution capacity of recording instrumentation and 3D reconstruction of the internal structure of the investigated object. Here we present the experiment and data analysis details and the first results.

scholarly journals Management of the Phanom-Surin Archaeological Site in Thailand: Concept, Policies and Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-105
Author(s):  
Abhirada Komoot
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Site Management ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Mangrove Swamp ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Policies And Practices

The Phanom-Surin (PNS) archaeological site contains the remains of a sewn-plank vessel that is dated to the 9th century CE and discovered in Thailand’s mangrove swamp. As the only accessible sewn-plank vessel archaeology in the world, it provides research opportunities and potential for collaboration between heritage stakeholders. Preservation of the site within its context is crucial. Throughout this article, I will explain the importance of the PNS site management and its context based on my experience. The fuller understanding of the PNS site relies much on the information to be extracted from the materials and contexts. This article therefore encourages the preservation and management of the site within the original context. There are several relevant international guidelines for heritage and environmental management, such as the World Heritage Operational Guidelines, the Annex of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 2001 Convention and the technical Ramsar Convention, all of which can help develop domestic framework and practices. This article aims to draw public and government attention towards the PNS site, and discusses concepts, policies and practices relating to the site.

scholarly journals WHEN MEMORY REPEATS ITSELF: THE POLITICS OF HERITAGE IN POST CIVIL WAR LEBANON

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 314a-314a ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Volk
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
National Unity ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
The World ◽  
Shared Humanity ◽  
Identity Based

In 2005 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization accepted Lebanon's archaeological site of Nahr al-Kalb into its Memory of the World Programme, turning it from national heritage into a globally memorable text. I argue that it is not the content of the commemorative inscriptions but the mode of repeated commemoration that makes it possible to reinterpret potentially divisive markers of Lebanon's past into icons of national unity and a shared humanity. By focusing on the intersection of public monumentality, repetition, and the construction of community identity based on the logic of resemblance, I show that governmental elites at times of political transition need to make public interventions into the past to bolster their legitimacy, new commemorations are confined by rules and conventions of public memorializing, and the logic of resemblance inherent in commemorative processes can be used to convert a fragmented history into a memory of unity and strength

scholarly journals Tests with SAR Images of the PAZ Platform Applied to the Archaeological Site of Clunia (Burgos, Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 2344
Author(s):  
Ignacio Fiz ◽  
Rosa Cuesta ◽  
Eva Subias ◽  
Pere Manel Martin
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Multispectral Images ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Treatment Techniques ◽  
Satellite Platform ◽  
Surface Models ◽  
First Results ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Imaging Detection

This article presents the first results obtained from the use of high-resolution images from the SAR-X sensor of the PAZ satellite platform. These are in result of the application of various radar image-treatment techniques, with which we wanted to carry out a non-invasive exploration of areas of the archaeological site of Clunia (Burgos, Spain). These areas were analyzed and contrasted with other sources from high-resolution multispectral images (TripleSat), or from digital surface models obtained from Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data from the National Plan for Aerial Orthophotography (PNOA), and treated with image enhancement functions (Relief Visualization Tools (RVT)). Moreover, they were compared with multispectral images created from the Infrared Red Blue (IRRB) data contained in the same LiDAR points.

scholarly journals A Multi-scale Approach to Interculturalism: From Globalised Politics to Localised Policy and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard Zapata-Barrero ◽  
Fethi Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Global Agenda

AbstractInterculturalism (IC) is presently discussed as a foundational basis for local public policy aimed at managing migration-related diversity within ethno-culturally plural societies, especially at the local level. Despite its increased saliency over the last decade, IC is neither theoretically new nor was it always intended for mere application in strictly city contexts of diversity. Rather, it has a global origin as a political basis for international relations and negotiations. In discussing these origins, this article has two main interrelated aims. Firstly, it provides an overview of the multi-scale approach of IC, with the purpose of disentangling analytically the different empirical bases where it can frame the diversity agenda. Secondly, it explores whether a lack of appreciation and awareness of this multi-scale orientation may affect IC’s capacity to address the challenges of diversity governance at the local level. Methodologically, the article will undertake a textual analysis of a select number of leading documents framing its practice within the broader policy literature produced by the four main institutions that have advocated the intercultural approach within a global agenda. These are the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations University, on one hand, and the European Union and the Council of Europe on the other. The main findings show us the importance of a multi-scale thinking in diversity and IC studies, to avoid contributing to greater confusion in its applications.

The Lalibela Rock Hewn Site and its Landscape (Ethiopia): An Archaeological Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Bosc-Tiessé ◽  
Marie-Laure Derat ◽  
Laurent Bruxelles ◽  
François-Xavier Fauvelle ◽  
Yves Gleize ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid Rock ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
Spoil Heap ◽  
First Results ◽  
Taphonomic Analysis ◽  
Archaeological Analysis ◽  
Early Phases

This article presents the methods employed at the site of Lalibela, Ethiopia during the 2009, 2010, 2011 and part of the 2012 campaigns, as well as the first results obtained. This site consists of a group of rock-cut churches attributed to the sovereign of the same name, King Lalibela, who we know to have reigned in the late 12th century and in the first third of the 13th century. Cut out of solid rock, Lalibela is an exceptional archaeological site since most of the traces of its early phases were eliminated in the process of its transformation. The site thus presents a significant challenge for historians and archaeologists. How is it possible to write its history without excavation? Geomorphological observations of the region offer new keys for understanding Lalibela; identification of the spoil heap, in which we discovered a clear stratigraphy confirming the existence of different cutting phases; the topographic and taphonomic analysis of the remains, and investigations in the cemetery of Qedemt, revealed that the site was formed in multiple phases, probably reflecting a long occupation sequence spanning at least eleven centuries (from the 10th to the 21st century).

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Member States ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Special Fund ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held its eleventh General Conference in Paris from November 14 to December 15, 1960, under the presidency of Mr. Akale-Work Abte-Wold (Ethiopia). Ninety-eight member states of UNESCO participated in the Conference compared with the 75 that were members in 1958 at the time of the tenth General Conference. The General Conference approved the program of activities for 1961–1962 and unanimously voted a budget of $32,513,228 to finance it; to this amount was added over $12 million provided by the United Nations Technical Assistance Fund to enable UNESCO to carry out many additional educational and scientific projects. UNESCO was also to act as executing agency for seventeen projects concerning higher technical education, for which the UN Special Fund was to provide more than $11 million in 1961–1962. Also allocated by the Conference was $915,000 for the construction of an additional building in Paris, the total cost of which was to be $3,535,000.

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