Site Preservation Projects
Heritage Watch’s program at Banteay Chhmar in Cambodia is intended to ensure that the benefits of tourism development are filtered back into the local community and distributed appropriately amongst the […]
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Umm el-Jimal, continuously occupied from the 1st through 9th centuries AD, contains an early Roman-era village and adjacent Byzantine and early Islamic period towns. The site includes a wealth of […]
The area around the village of Kissonerga near Paphos, Cyprus, is rich in prehistoric remains but these small-scale and dispersed sites are often difficult for the general visitor to appreciate. […]
The only known Classic Maya wooden structures are located in Paynes Creek National Park in Belize. The project, led by Louisiana State University Professor, Heather McKillop, will help protect the […]
This project at the 500-year-old prehistoric site of Thimlich Ohinga is directed by Dr. Edward M. Luby of San Francisco State University and Dr. Isaya Onjala from National Museums of […]
The Lod Community Archaeology Program, co-directed by Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University and Hebrew Union College and Taufic Dea’dle, brings Arab and Jewish residents closer to the history of […]
The Gault Site in central Texas is regarded as one of the premier archaeological sites for helping us to understand the arrival of native peoples in the Americas. Continuously occupied […]
The Easter Island Statue Project will develop stone preservation techniques to arrest the rapid deterioration of the monolithic sculptures (moai) of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, as a result of […]
The Carr Plantation Archaeology and Heritage Project at Little Bay, directed by Jessica Striebel MacLean of Boston University, combines aspects of site preservation with education and outreach activities to protect […]
This underwater cave contains human skeletal material believed to be among the oldest human remains discovered in the Americas. The project, co-led by Dominique Rissolo of San Diego State University […]
Giorgio Buccellati, co-director of the Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project, has been working to conserve mudbrick at Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh) in Syria. His innovative approach combines archaeological research with creative preservation […]
A key goal for the conservation work at Blackfriary at Trim, County Meath, is to save the site from neglect and development. The program directors aim to emphasize the rich […]
At the Dominican Priory at Tulsk, County Roscommon, funds will support efforts to conserve and stabilize the existing structures, as well as to further develop the site for tourism, which […]
Through their work at the site of Azoria, Crete, co-directors Donald Haggis and Margaret Mook have proven that site preservation and excavation should go hand-in-hand. Their conservation program at Azoria […]
The non-profit organization Friends of Stafford Civil War Sites (FSCWS) partnered with Stafford County to create a public park that preserves and promotes a number of Civil War army encampments […]
Now one of the oldest shipwrecks in the state, the Queen Anne’s Revenge once served as the flagship for the infamous pirate Blackbeard before running aground in 1718. In 1996, […]
At Kaxil Kiuic, George Bey demonstrates that archaeology can be used to preserve both cultural resources and endangered environments. Following Millsaps College’s purchase of 4500 acres of land in Mexico, […]
