Zprávy památkové péče 2014, 74(3):246-250

At the edge of the archaeological heritage preservation

Jaroslav Podliska, Martin Tomášek

It has been 50 years since the publication of the Venice Charter, which defined archaeological research at the international level perhaps for the first time, translated as "diggings" in contemporary Czech, and affected its documentation.
From today's perspective of the Czech Heritage Fund, it is certainly interesting that in the text of the Venice Charter, archaeological excavations are found in direct context with the concept of long-term care of the research of revealed objects, including structures and masonry, and their possible presentation. The archaeological method here is a direct and integral part of a comprehensive knowledge of a property as well as of the preservation and presentation of its value. It is, therefore, a part of the entire process of conservation that paradoxically, even after fifty years of formulating these principles, we sometimes forget. The documentation of archaeologically unearthed relics of structures and buildings as well as findings has, according to the Venice Charter, the character of a open document which should be accessible to the public.

Keywords: Venice Charter, archeology, archaeological research, heritage preservation, presentation of archaeological finds

Published: September 1, 2014  Show citation