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Smart Heritage
Heritage management and interpretation enhanced by connected data, sensors and adaptive digital services.
Digital Heritage
Cultural heritage created in digital form or represented, preserved and interpreted through digital technologies.
Heritage Impact Assessment
A structured evaluation of how a proposed action may affect the significance and attributes of heritage resources.
Conservation Indicators
Measures used to assess changes in the condition, risk and treatment outcomes of conserved resources.
Heritage Indicators
Measures used to track the condition, significance, use and management performance of heritage resources.
Heritage Resilience
The capacity of heritage resources and their communities to anticipate, absorb, adapt to and recover from change.
Environmental Stewardship
Responsible care and management of environmental resources for present and future communities.
Green Conservation
Conservation practice that reduces energy, materials, toxicity and waste while protecting cultural resources.
Nature-positive Heritage
Heritage management that contributes to biodiversity recovery and improved ecological conditions.
Climate-resilient Heritage
Heritage places and management systems prepared to anticipate, withstand and recover from climate-related hazards.
Regenerative Heritage
Heritage practice intended to restore cultural, ecological and community capacities beyond basic conservation.
Sustainable Heritage
Heritage conservation and use that balance cultural significance with social, environmental and economic continuity.
Sustainable Archaeology
Archaeological practice that minimizes environmental impacts and supports long-term social, scientific and heritage value.
Volunteer Archaeology
Archaeological work in which members of the public contribute time and skills under appropriate professional supervision.
Heritage Interpreters
Professionals who communicate the meanings and significance of cultural or natural heritage to visitors and communities.
Cultural Resource Managers
Professionals who identify, evaluate, protect and administer archaeological, architectural and cultural resources.
Archaeometrists
Specialists who apply physical, chemical, biological or quantitative sciences to archaeological materials and questions.
GIS Specialists
Professionals who create, manage, analyse and visualize geographically referenced data using geographic information systems.
Museum Curators
Professionals responsible for researching, developing, interpreting and caring for museum collections.
Heritage Managers
Professionals who coordinate the protection, use, interpretation and administration of heritage resources.
Conservators
Professionals who examine, preserve and treat cultural materials using ethical and scientifically informed methods.
Archaeologists
Professionals who investigate past societies through material remains, environmental evidence and documented contexts.
Museum Education
Educational programmes and resources that use museum collections and exhibitions to support learning.
Archaeological Field School
A supervised training programme that teaches archaeological fieldwork, recording, analysis and professional practice.
Heritage Education
Learning that develops knowledge, appreciation and responsible stewardship of cultural and natural heritage.
Archaeological Education
Teaching and learning concerned with archaeological evidence, methods, interpretation, ethics and stewardship.
Heritage Investment
The allocation of public, private or community resources to conserve, adapt, operate or interpret heritage assets.
Creative Economy
Economic activity based on creativity, cultural expression, knowledge and intellectual property.
Destination Development
The coordinated improvement of a destination's products, infrastructure, institutions and visitor experiences.
Cultural Economy
Economic activity generated through cultural production, heritage, creative work and the circulation of symbolic goods and services.
Heritage Economics
The study of the value, financing, costs, benefits and economic effects of heritage resources and conservation.
Heritage Governance
The institutions, rules and stakeholder relationships through which heritage decisions are made and implemented.
Excavation Permits
Official authorizations specifying who may conduct an excavation and under what legal, scientific and conservation conditions.
Cultural Rights
Rights enabling individuals and communities to access, practise, develop and transmit their culture and heritage.
Illicit Trafficking
The unlawful excavation, movement, sale or transfer of cultural objects across or within borders.
Repatriation
The return of cultural objects, human remains or associated materials to their country, community or rightful custodian.
Heritage Law
The body of law regulating the identification, protection, ownership, management and transfer of cultural or natural heritage.
UNESCO Convention
A legally binding international agreement adopted under UNESCO to protect or promote a defined field of cultural, educational or natural heritage.
Cultural Property
Movable or immovable objects recognized by law or society as possessing cultural significance.
Archaeological Ethics
Principles governing responsible excavation, research, stewardship, publication and treatment of archaeological materials and communities.
Cultural Memory
Shared understandings of the past maintained through narratives, rituals, objects, places and commemorative practices.
Traditional Knowledge
Knowledge, skills and practices developed and transmitted within communities across generations.
Living Heritage
Cultural knowledge, practices, expressions and places that continue to be used, recreated and transmitted by communities.
Participatory Heritage
Heritage practice that enables communities and other stakeholders to share authority in identification, interpretation and management.
Cultural Identity
A sense of belonging formed through shared histories, values, traditions, symbols and cultural practices.
Indigenous Heritage
Tangible and intangible heritage created, maintained and interpreted by Indigenous peoples and communities.
Community Archaeology
Archaeological research undertaken with the active participation of communities connected to the places or heritage being studied.
Conservation Laboratories
Specialized facilities where cultural materials are examined, documented, stabilized and treated under controlled conditions.
Artifact Documentation
The systematic recording of an artefact's identity, context, dimensions, condition, materials and ownership history.
Open-air Museums
Museums that present buildings, objects and cultural landscapes in outdoor settings, often within reconstructed historical environments.
Digital Museums
Museum institutions or environments that use digital collections and interfaces to provide access, interpretation and participation.
Museum Interpretation
The communication of meanings and contexts associated with museum objects, collections and exhibitions to visitors.
Collections Management
The documentation, care, storage, movement, access and legal administration of objects held by a collecting institution.
Exhibition Design
The planning of an exhibition's spatial layout, visual language, displays, circulation and visitor interactions.
Museum Collections
Groups of objects, specimens, artworks and records acquired, documented, preserved and interpreted by museums.
Museum Archaeology
The study of material evidence associated with museum to interpret past human activity and cultural change.
Heritage Routes
Defined paths or itineraries linking places, attractions or services associated with heritage.
Archaeological Parks
Protected and interpreted archaeological areas managed for conservation, research, education and public visitation.
Laser Scanning
The systematic capture or examination of information or physical features relating to laser.
Photogrammetry
The measurement and quantitative analysis of photogrammetry within archaeology.
3D Documentation
The systematic recording and organization of evidence and information concerning 3D.
Digital Archaeology
The study of material evidence associated with digital to interpret past human activity and cultural change.
Heritage Protection
The measures used to prevent damage, loss, exploitation or deterioration of heritage.
Conservation Management
The coordinated process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling conservation to achieve defined objectives.
Restoration
Direct actions intended to return a heritage object, building or site to a known earlier state while respecting its significance.
Preventive Conservation
Measures taken to avoid or minimize deterioration of heritage by controlling its environment, use, handling and risks.
Site Preservation
The protection and stabilization of site to prevent loss, damage or deterioration.
Archaeological Conservation
The planned protection, care and responsible use of archaeological to retain its significance and integrity over time.
Drone Mapping
The collection, organization and spatial or conceptual representation of information about drone.
LiDAR
A remote-sensing method that measures distance with laser pulses to create precise three-dimensional representations.
Remote Sensing
The acquisition of information about Earth's surface or other objects from a distance using satellite, aerial or ground-based sensors.
GIS
Computer-based systems for capturing, managing, analysing and visualizing geographically referenced data.
Paleoclimate
The climate of a past geological or historical period reconstructed from natural and archaeological evidence.
Paleoenvironment
A process or condition described as paleoenvironment and examined in relation to archaeology.
Geoarchaeology
The systematic study of geoarchaeology and its relevance to archaeology.
Residue Analysis
The systematic examination of data or evidence relating to residue to identify patterns, relationships and implications.
Micromorphology
The systematic study of micromorphology and its relevance to archaeology.
Petrography
The systematic study of petrography and its relevance to archaeology.
Stable Isotopes
A collective category described as stable isotopes within archaeology, encompassing its relevant entities, practices or measures.
Ancient DNA (aDNA)
Genetic material recovered from archaeological, paleontological or historical biological remains.
Isotope Analysis
The systematic examination of data or evidence relating to isotope to identify patterns, relationships and implications.
Thermoluminescence Dating
A practice or activity involving thermoluminescence dating, considered within the field of archaeology.
Dendrochronology
The systematic study of dendrochronology and its relevance to archaeology.
Radiocarbon Dating
A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years.
Archaeometry
The measurement and quantitative analysis of archaeometry within archaeology.
Mosaics
A collective category described as mosaics within archaeology, encompassing its relevant entities, practices or measures.
Inscriptions
A collective category described as inscriptions within archaeology, encompassing its relevant entities, practices or measures.
Coins
A collective category described as coins within archaeology, encompassing its relevant entities, practices or measures.
Ceramics
The art of making and decorating pottery.
Pottery
A workshop where clayware is made.
Aqueduct
A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
Bath
A facility or practice involving immersion or washing in water associated with archaeology.
City Walls
Vertical structural elements designed, constructed or treated in relation to city.
Fortress
A fortified defensive structure.
Acropolis
The citadel in ancient Greek towns.
Forum
A public facility to meet for open discussion.
Agora
A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece.
Stadium
A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.
Theatre
A building, performance form or cultural institution associated with archaeology.
Sanctuary
A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept.