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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465951803321

Autore

Correia Mariana

Titolo

Conservation in earthen heritage : assessment and significance of failure, criteria, conservation theory, and strategies / / by Mariana Correia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-8929-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Disciplina

693.22

Soggetti

Building, Adobe - Conservation and restoration

Building, Adobe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Worldwide, there is a vast but fragile earthen heritage that is barely surviving due to serious damage of the fabric. It is generally believed that natural agents are the overall cause for the decay of earthen heritage. However, when thoroughly evaluating, it can be observed that conservators' interventions have a major impact, which leads to question current approaches to conservation and the reasons why intervention mistakes are repeated and why successful conservation results are still scarce.The research methodology of this investigation is based in a case study strategy analysing three Wo