Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage 2025 holiday Collecting represents the primary mechanism

Collecting represents the primary mechanism by which a sacred work of art survives when it is alienated from its original context

curator of Classical and Near Eastern art at the Cincinnati Art Museum

with her images of garments and accessories once owned by victims of the atomic blast in Hiroshima

Edited by Antonia Boström

He is the author of When Galleries Shake: Earthquake Damage Mitigation for Museum Collections (Getty Publications

Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage 2025 holiday Collecting represents the primary mechanismEdited by Leslie Rainer, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most challenging to preserve. It dates from all periods and is found on all continents but is particularly prevalent in Africa, where it has been a building tradition for centuries. Sites range from ancestral cities in Mali to the palaces of Abomey in Benin; from monuments and mosques in