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🚧 When is an Archaeology Desk-Based Assessment required? 🤔 It's crucial for: ✳️ Planning Applications: A Desk Based Assessment (DBA) is often necessary for planning applications to assess both below and above ground archaeological and heritage assets. 🏗️ Before you get started, you should take advice during a pre-app from the planners to see if they require one on your site. ✳️ Viability Stage: Crucial in identifying potential archaeological risks to mitigate and plan for them early. ✳️ RIBA Stages 1 and 2: We recommend that these are completed early on in a project. Around RIBA Stages 1 and 2.

A newly-published book by our UHM alumnus Quang Dai Tuyen (MA in Applied Archaeology) on "Heritage Conservation and Tourism Development at Cham Sacred Sites in Vietnam." About the book: https://lnkd.in/gHHQEJ25

We have life-sized camel engravings and EpiPalaeolithic and Neolithic archaeology in Saudi Arabia. We are learning a lot about a key cultural period in the Arabian peninsula that is understudied – with implications about the origins of pastoralism and connections across the Middle East. Remarkably, some of the camel engravings are in bas relief!  https://lnkd.in/gtEmSmdj

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲   At HERBCO, we are dedicated to cultural heritage through our 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. In simple terms, archaeology is the study, preservation and management of human activity before written records. Human activity is interpreted through cultural resources left by our forefathers such as heritage sites, artefacts, graves, structures etc. Preservation and management of these resources is enforced by the Monuments and Relics Act of 2001 through the Department of National Museum and Monuments. Archaeology resources heritage and economic potential in Botswana Botswana has an abundance of cultural resources spread across the country. The benefits of their preservation and management are both scholarly and economic. The study of these resources adds Botswana to scholarly literature and in turn attracts economic activity through scholarly research and tourism.  #Archaeology #HERBCO #CRM #CulturalHeritage

Egypt announces new archaeological discovery in Minya Governorate

Archaeologists have unearthed a 14.5 km (9mi) oasis fortification dating back to 2250 BC in Khaybar, Saudi Arabia. This fortress standing since the 4th millennium BC tells of the vibrant history of northwest Arabia, where lush oases thrived amidst arid expanses, shaping civilizations from the Paleolithic to the present. The mysteries of Khaybar Oasis, one of Saudi Arabia's largest walled oases, once guarded precious water resources in the desert and nomad pastoralists strategically settled in this ancient haven, marking their cultural space in the heart of the North Arabian Desert. This ground-breaking study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, reveals the fascinating blend of nomad pastoralists, walled oases, and the monumental fortifications that have stood the test of time, shaping the rich tapestry of human habitation in pre-Islamic northwest Arabia.

I am thrilled that the link to the chapter we contributed to the new Encyclopaedia of Archaeology (Elsevier) concerning the value of heritage has been reinstated. An exceptionally synthetic publication that encompasses decades of research into materiality, the social evolution of the archaeological discipline, and heritage values #heritage_values #archaeological_heritage #archaeology #social_value #significance https://lnkd.in/dgBbR6hh

#RareEarthsArchaeology has been applied to the stratigraphic sequence of the archaeological site of Alagankulam (India) to observe the cultural changes and showing trading with the Mediterranean region. https://lnkd.in/dHrPBzpp

Ancient Archaeology Tomb Inghirami Tomb (3rd-2nd Century BCE) is an Etruscan burial with 53 alabaster urns, located at the necropolis of Ulimeto in the east part of Volterra, Italy

As part of the works conducted by #Terna, #preventive archaeology becomes a pivotal element in integrating the need to safeguard the immense wealth of our territory with design requirements. Read more on #TernaLightbox ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dnaz82KB