Silk Roads in the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Development of a National Heritage Inventory

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ID19476785
AuthorsTim Williams (0000-0001-8281-4208, UCL Institute of Archaeology, London WC1H 0PY, GB, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue1
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-1725 • E-ISSN: 2048-4194
PublisherUCL Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/ai.1918
OpenAlexW2594986979
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

A UNESCO project, Support for the Preparation for the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in South Asia, afforded the opportunity to research evidence for Silk Roads exchange in South Asia. The first part of the paper explores the challenges of archaeology in the Kingdom of Bhutan, located on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas. GIS-based approaches to model earlier settlement patterns and trade routes are considered. This led to a discussion with Bhutanese colleagues, in the Division for Conservation of Heritage Sites (DCHS), regarding the need for a digital national heritage inventory: to help manage and protect heritage resources, and to improve the communication of the rich heritage of the country to its people. The second part of this paper explores some of the issues around that debate, and the steps taken to implement the chosen solution: the Getty Conservation Institute/World Monuments Fund ARCHES heritage inventory system

Archaeology · Business · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Economy · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Ethnology · Geography · Industrial heritage · National heritage · Nomination · Political science · Tourism · World heritage · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

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