The significance of cart-ruts in ancient landscapes Collection home page Statistics
A joint project of Heritage Malta, Restoration Unit, Malta Environment and Planning Authority, University of Malta, University of Urbino (Italy) and Aproteco (Spain) with the support of the Culture 2000 programme of the EU
Cultural landscapes across Europe are under pressure from development. It is crucial that initiatives are taken for sustainable conservation to safeguard this heritage, especially where these are not adequately understood. Such is the case with cart-ruts in Europe and elsewhere, the interpretation of which has so far been an enigma and the subject of a major academic European debate. Attempts at giving a solution to these features have been a continuous endeavour. So far, these attempts have been based on assumptions and limited scientific documentation and investigation. Despite this, their value to locals and visitors is ever increasing, and the quest for further knowledge, conservation and management of these archaeological features is critical on the research agenda. The aim of the 2004-2005 EU-funded project The Significance of Cart Ruts in Ancient Landscapes was to document and interpret a number of cart-rut sites with case examples from Malta and Spain, while several other sites in Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, Italy, Greece, Southern France, North Africa and elsewhere were also considered. The documentation and the interpretation of these sites aimed at sharing and highlighting common cultural characteristics of European significance, and lends itself as a source of debate bringing cultural heritage within the public domain addressing the role of culture in the socioeconomic development of the country through raising awareness, national identity, education, tourism, and professional capacity building. The objectives of the project were achieved through a comprehensive survey of the case sites through aerial and ground surveys, using the latest state-of-the-art technologies such as photogrammetry, scanning, GPS and GIS. The studies and findings are disseminated to the public through this publication and also via the Internet and other forms of media. The co-ordinating partner of the programme was Heritage Malta and the Restoration Unit, Works Division, Malta while the co-partners were the Municipality of Padul, Spain and the University of Urbino, Italy, with the assistance of the Malta Environmental and Planning Authority and the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta.
Co-edited by:
Joseph Magro Conti & Paul C. Saliba
Under the Academic Direction of:
Prof. Anthony Bonanno
With Contributions by:
Laura Baratin, Hermann Bonnici, Saviou Formosa, Carlos Gonzales Martin, Joseph Magro Conti, Martyn Pedley, Paul C. Saliba, Carlos Sanz de Galdeano
Project Leader:
Herman Bonnici
Published by Sta Venera, Malta : Midsea Books
© 2005
ISBN: 978-99932-7-203-8
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