In this study, a culture-independent Illumina MiSeq sequencing strategy was applied to investigate the microbial communities colonizing the ancient painted sculptures of the Maijishan Grottoes, a famous World Cultural Heritage site listed by UNESCO in China. Four mixed samples were collected from Cave 4-4 of the Maijishan Grottoes, the so-called Upper Seven Buddha Pavilion, which was built duri...

This paper is a survey of evaluation mechanisms that may be specifically suitable for virtual heritage environments and also to some extent for social learning environments. It suggests in particular new terms and criteria to assess the contextual appropriateness of various evaluation methods. From two working examples it also reviews issues and lessons learnt from current ongoing research. The...

This study presents a new precise radiocarbon chronology for the World Heritage site of Sarvestan (SW Iran). The monument is key construction in history architecture because it typical Sasanian built during late or early Islamic period. Previous attempts to date have suggested ages ranging from middle (fifth century CE) Abbasid (ninth era. These age estimations are based on analysis architectur...

The significance of intangible cultural heritage in the definition has increased recent years. Particularly, areas where beliefs and doctrines are produced which strongly associated with faith leaders cannot be considered separately from heritage. In this study, Haci Bektas Veli Complex, was included UNESCO Tentative List Türkiye 2012 by emphasizing its strong ties Bektashi belief role it playe...

Purpose This study applied the Heritage Place Lab (HPL) research-practice teams methodology to identify missing cultural values and/or oversubscribed natural and assess impacts on sustainable conservation of Okavango Delta World Site. The authors found that elements are often overlooked owing limited inputs from trans-disciplinary cross-stakeholder perspectives conservation. may explain why maj...