Reflections on the American perception of its past, the tension between historic preservation and historic representation and the manipulation of historicsites. - (DWG)
America's historic landscapes : community power and the preservation of four national historicsites.
Etats-Unis ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géographie historique ; Parc naturel ; Paysage ; Paysage culturel ; Protection de la nature ; Protection des sites ; Site historique
levels of success. The sites examined are St. Augustine, Florida (founded in 1565, the oldest continuously occupied city in the USA)| Colonial National Historical Park which encompasses Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia| Sackets Harbor, New
York, a nineteenth-century battlefield site of the War of 1812 against the British| and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battlefield site of the Civil War. - (DWG)
Reinterpreting the Washita battlefield national historicsite
Amérindiens ; Cheyennes ; Culturel ; Etats-Unis ; Lieu sacré ; Oklahoma ; Paysage culturel ; Protection des sites ; Site touristique
Amerindians ; Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Oklahoma ; Sacred place ; Site preservation ; Tourist site ; United States of America
L'A. se livre à une évaluation de diverses interprétations historiques à prpos du site historique national du champ de bataille Washita dans l'Oklahoma occidental. Il mesure l'impact de ces points de vue conflictuels. Actuellement, on met en valeur
is the use of wood remains gathered from archaeological sites and historical buildings as the data base for the research rather than historical written documents.
An historic archaeological site in Alberta, Canada
Alberta ; Archéologie ; Canada ; Charbon ; Exploitation minière ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Géographie historique ; Lille ; Mine ; Photo-interprétation ; Site archéologique
Le relevé par photo-interprétation du site de Lille en Alberta où le charbon a été exploité entre 1901 et 1914 a permis d'identifier des conduites souterraines des chaussées historiques et autres vestiges de constructions résidentielles et
The Antonine Wall – The making of a World Heritage site
Délimitation ; Frontière ; Mur d'Antonin ; Patrimoine mondial ; Protection des sites ; Représentation cartographique ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland
Antonine Wall ; Cartographic display ; Delimitation ; Frontier ; Scotland ; Site preservation ; United Kingdom ; World heritage
The nomination of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site in 2007 required identification of the proposed boundaries of the Site and its buffer zone on maps. The maps prepared by RCAHMS built on a long history of mapping the frontier
and of protective measures instituted by Historic Scotland and its predecessors. New research helped the process of defining the boundaries.
Mapping Living Heritage at the Phanom Rung Historical Park: Identifying and Safeguarding the Local Meanings of a National Heritage Site
Bouddhisme ; Communauté ; Culturel ; Géographie sociale ; Héritage culturel ; Lieu sacré ; Participation ; Phanom Rung ; Protection des sites ; Symbole national ; Thaïlande
Buddhism ; Community ; Cultural heritage ; Cultural studies ; Participation ; Sacred place ; Site preservation ; Social geography ; Thailand
Drawing on field research at the Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buriram Province, the article aims to shed light on some of the conceptual and practical challenges involved in the shifting from the tangible to intangible in heritage management
. It traces the history of Phanom Rung’s incorporation into Thailand’s national heritage. Over the course of 20th century, the sanctuary was transformed from a locally sacred site of Buddhist pilgrimage and worship of tutelary spirits, into a national symbol
Preservation, conservation and planning in historic towns
England ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Plan de ville ; Protection des sites ; Royaume-Uni ; Stratford-upon-Avon ; Urbanisme ; Ville ; Ville historique ; Warwick ; Warwickshire
Characterization of the weathering crust of various historical buildings in Belgium
A variety of samples, collected from different historic buildings and monuments throughout Belgium, were thoroughly studied, using several trace- and microanalysis techniques. Special atttention was also paid to the chemical composition of rain
and air at the particular sampling sites. Local microclimate and environmental conditions at a particular site are more important in determining the weathering condition of the building stones than the local air studied, a very small contribution
Property values on the plains : the impact of historic preservation
Historic centre ; Land value ; Nebraska ; Neighbourhood ; Price fixing ; Residential environment ; Site preservation ; United States of America ; Urban regeneration ; Urban settlement
Centre historique ; Environnement résidentiel ; Etats-Unis ; Formation des prix ; Habitat urbain ; Lincoln ; Nebraska ; Protection des sites ; Quartier ; Régénération urbaine ; Valeur foncière
Using the limit equilibrium method for assessing slope failure conditions in an archaeological site of the 4th century B.C.
Archeological site ; Basilicata ; Clay ; Geoarchaeology ; Geophysics ; Historical period ; Italy ; Lithology ; Mass movement ; Regional geology
Appennino meridionale ; Argile ; Basilicata ; Epoque historique ; Géoarchéologie ; Géologie régionale ; Géophysique ; Italie ; Lithologie ; Mouvement de masse ; Site archéologique
, in the territory of Vaglio Basilicata, close to the town of Potenza (southern Italy). This archaeological site has been affected by swelling in historical times that occurred in the allochthonous, chaotic, heterogeneous, and anisotropic polychrome scaly clays
The impact on the territory of important archaeological sites and related human activities has induced, as a rule, modifications in the local environmental system. An example is represented by the sanctuary of the goddess Mefitis in Macchia Rossano
Etats-Unis ; Loisir ; New Jersey ; Protection des sites ; Station balnéaire ; Tourisme
Leisure ; New Jersey ; Seaside resort ; Site preservation;Site conservation ; Tourism ; United States
Cape May, New Jersey, one of America's oldest seaside resorts, went into decline with the coming of the railroad. A federally-designated National Historic district has now preserved its Victorian appearance. - (DWG)