Protecting Libya's Archaeological Heritage
Protecting Libya's Archaeological Heritage
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DOI：
10.1007/s10437-010-9085-x
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Barker, Graeme
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作者：
Bennett, Paul;Barker, Graeme
利比亚的考古遗产确实很壮观，研究相对较少，而且面临着巨大的威胁。在长期孤立之后，利比亚与世界其他地区关系的改善和石油价格的上涨刺激了该国的大量发展，特别是在碳氢化合物和经济的基础设施部门。随着人口的快速增长和年轻人失业率的上升，利比亚政府正试图为其社会和经济发展一条新的道路。传统上，考古和遗产并不是利比亚议程上的优先事项。利比亚遗产的保管者文物部一直得不到国家的支持(可能部分与后殖民时期利比亚对过去的矛盾情绪有关)，现在在应对城市、农业区，特别是遗产资产最多的沙漠中的发展威胁的性质和规模方面处于不利地位。这些地区和其他地方的大多数重大发展项目很少或根本没有进行考古影响评估、监测或缓解活动，这对埋藏和保存的考古遗迹造成了不幸的后果。有一些令人鼓舞的迹象表明，该州对考古、遗产、保护和旅游业的态度发生了翻天覆地的变化。
Libya's archaeological heritage is truly spectacular, comparatively little studied and hugely under threat. Following an extended period of isolation, improvement in Libya's relations with the rest of the world and a rise in the price of oil have stimulated a huge amount of development in the country, especially in the hydrocarbon and infrastructure sectors of the economy. With a rapidly growing population, and expanding youth unemployment, the Libyan government is attempting to develop a new way forward for its society and economy. Archaeology and heritage have not traditionally been high on Libya's agenda. The custodian of Libyan heritage, the Department of Antiquities, has been poorly supported by the state (perhaps in part relating to postcolonial Libya's ambivalent feelings towards its past) and is now badly positioned to deal with the nature and scale of development threats in the cities, the agricultural zone, and especially the desert where the greatest number of heritage assets are located. Most major development projects in these areas and elsewhere have been undertaken with little or no archaeological impact assessment, monitoring or mitigation activities, with unfortunate consequences for buried and standing archaeological remains. There are some encouraging signs of a sea change in the state's attitude to archaeology, heritage, conservation and tourism.