Conservation of Ruins (gnv64)

Conservation of Ruins (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology)
by John Ashurst
Routledge | November 2006 | ISBN-10: 0750664290 | PDF | 352 pages | 33.8 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Conservation-Ruins-Butterworth-Heinemann-Series-Museology/dp/0750664290

Despite growing international awareness of the presence and significance of ruined buildings and archaeological sites, and the increasingly sophisticated technology available for the collection of data about them, these sites continue to be at risk across the globe.
Conservation of Ruins defines and describes these risks, which range from neglect, to destructive archaeology, and even well-meaning intervention in the name of tourism. The book provides detailed, practical instruction on the conservation and stabilisation of ruins by structural and non-structural means, as well as describing the procedures and conditions that need to be in place to ensure the protection of our important historic sites. In considering aspects of architectural conservation, archaeology and ecology together for the first time, this book provides an integrated, holistic view of this international topic that will be essential reading for those working in this field

CONTENTS
1 Conservation concepts 1
2 Stability and survival 10
3 Condition surveys of masonry ruins 44
4 Philosophy, technology and craft 82
5 Preventive conservation of ruins: reconstruction, reburial and enclosure 146
6 The ecology of ruin sites 194
7 Submerged ruins 212
8 Implementing conservation works on ruins 234
9 Interpretation and display of ruins and sites 246
10 Case studies 264
Case Study 1: Guildford Castle, UK 265
Case Study 2: Masada, Israel 279
Case Study 3: Gosport Railway Terminal, UK 296
Epilogue 306
Appendix 1 Materials and techniques 309
Appendix 2 Structural interventions 319
Appendix 3 Implementation of work – personnel selection 331
Appendix 4 Visitor perceptions (The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas) 332
Index 341