27751
Accession Number
17793
Editor
Wilson, Rex L.; Loyola, Gloria
Title Of Article Chaper
Some reflections on intangible cultural resources
Title Of Journal Book
Rescue archeology. Papers from the First New World Conference on Rescue Archeology 1981
Pages
251-256
Publisher
The Preservation Press
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
New world conference on rescue archeology
Meeting City
Quito
Abstract
Discusses the creation of American Folklife Center in 1976 and its mandate to preserve intangible cultural elements: arts, skills, folklife, and folkways. Outlines the interdisciplinary work of archaeologists, preservationists, and folklife and folklore scholars. Describes the principles of proposed study of intangible resources.
Keywords
Cultural property, definition; Cultural property, social problem; Identification, cultural property; Cultural property, documentation; Conservation, institute; Conservation, documentation; Architecture, vernacular preservation; Folklore, inventory documentation; Ethnography, conservation; Culture civilisation, history; Repertory, conservation institute; Archaeology, artifact excavation conservation AATA
pub_id
27751
Meeting Date
19810511-19810515