Crow
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Lima's lost burial grounds
In the back streets of the Peruvian capital city of Lima. Another site is being excavated in a construction site. this is normal process in a city which has the growth rate of about 6% per year and more and land is being gobbled up By urbanization. But it questions the ideas of archeologists and historians alike about how do you balance urban growth and maintain cultural identity when some of the smaller archeological sites will have to be destroyed for the needs of the living and not the dead?
There is a saying the coast of Peru is one vast cemetery and ethical question arise what to do with these grave sites that are now standing in the way of Progress? Who bares the costs? Many developers not wanting the burden and the holding up of a developments will destroy a site to avoid paying the extra cost of of an archeological dig at their sites. The under funded archeological division of Peru only has a budget of 5 million a year to support maintain secure over 16000 archeological sites across the country. An almost impossible task.
This is where I believe there is some scope for the limited sales of pottery and artifacts to help fund the preservation of other more important sites. I do not see any value in ware houses full of artifacts the public never sees only a few elite to enjoy them when these less important artifact if properly recorded of all details could be on sold on the open market. Collectors treasure them just as much as Museums as long as registered I cannot see why private individuals cannot own artifacts. Most people who buy these artifact are generally well educated and financially smart enough to know these items are valuable historian items.
Archeologists have in my opinion have a arrogant flawed philosophy that is paying a high price on cultural sites across the world where urban pressure is becoming an increasing problem. They have married themselves into an unworkable relation ship against the stone cold reality. By drafting the UNESCO Convention policy of History artifacts is doing more damage than good by not allowing some for commercial enterprise. No one wants cultural sites destroyed how ever archeologists must face reality as we have to make way for the world of the living and not the dead. Some sites will be destroyed as it is the natural procession of any culture. To counter such costs of archeology servey and excavation. The is cost such excavations of some sites could be offset by private enterprise buying excess recorded artifacts released onto the market in a workable business model frame work.
If the attitude does change in coming years we could run the risk of losing many historical sites to wanting destruction due to poor for business models being pumped by the archeological community still humping non profit research grant line.
Its perhaps enough to make this old guy below scream
Crow
In the back streets of the Peruvian capital city of Lima. Another site is being excavated in a construction site. this is normal process in a city which has the growth rate of about 6% per year and more and land is being gobbled up By urbanization. But it questions the ideas of archeologists and historians alike about how do you balance urban growth and maintain cultural identity when some of the smaller archeological sites will have to be destroyed for the needs of the living and not the dead?
There is a saying the coast of Peru is one vast cemetery and ethical question arise what to do with these grave sites that are now standing in the way of Progress? Who bares the costs? Many developers not wanting the burden and the holding up of a developments will destroy a site to avoid paying the extra cost of of an archeological dig at their sites. The under funded archeological division of Peru only has a budget of 5 million a year to support maintain secure over 16000 archeological sites across the country. An almost impossible task.
This is where I believe there is some scope for the limited sales of pottery and artifacts to help fund the preservation of other more important sites. I do not see any value in ware houses full of artifacts the public never sees only a few elite to enjoy them when these less important artifact if properly recorded of all details could be on sold on the open market. Collectors treasure them just as much as Museums as long as registered I cannot see why private individuals cannot own artifacts. Most people who buy these artifact are generally well educated and financially smart enough to know these items are valuable historian items.
Archeologists have in my opinion have a arrogant flawed philosophy that is paying a high price on cultural sites across the world where urban pressure is becoming an increasing problem. They have married themselves into an unworkable relation ship against the stone cold reality. By drafting the UNESCO Convention policy of History artifacts is doing more damage than good by not allowing some for commercial enterprise. No one wants cultural sites destroyed how ever archeologists must face reality as we have to make way for the world of the living and not the dead. Some sites will be destroyed as it is the natural procession of any culture. To counter such costs of archeology servey and excavation. The is cost such excavations of some sites could be offset by private enterprise buying excess recorded artifacts released onto the market in a workable business model frame work.
If the attitude does change in coming years we could run the risk of losing many historical sites to wanting destruction due to poor for business models being pumped by the archeological community still humping non profit research grant line.
Its perhaps enough to make this old guy below scream
Crow
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Same time period and location, loose Gringos were not too common, in fact in some places I was the first they had seen -- they loved my blue eyes- but that didn't include the lonely ranch girls sniff. Oro must have passed thourgh there and ruined it for other gentle mannered gringos.
