Title: Traditional conservation practices in Africa

Authors: Joffroy, Thierry

Place: Rome

Publisher: International centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural property (ICCROM)

Year: cop. 2005

Journal: ICCROM conservation studies

Volume: 2

PAGE: --

Subject: Culture for Development Directory

Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property preservation, traditional technology, architecture, construction, africa south of sahara

Abstract: The variety of traditional conservation of immovable cultural heritage in sub-Sahara Africa is illustrated by case studies of traditional architecture and traditional ways of building at selected sites in the region.

URL: http://www.iccrom.org/pdf/ICCROM_ICS02_TraditionalPractices_en.pdf

Document type: Portal