Evaluation of the Illustrated Glossary on Stone Deterioration Patterns:A Study of the Stone Deterioration Types Based on the Environmental Research Project of Domus Romana Museum in Malta
The Illustrated Glossary on Stone De-terioration Patterns(hereafter,the Glossary)is an essential tool to describe various stone deteriora-tion types.Since its inception more than a decade ago,the Glossary has been translated into multiple languages and utilised in numerous heritage conser-vation practices across various regions worldwide.Through reflecting on the environmental research project for the outdoor archaeological site of the Domus Romana Museum in Malta,conducted by the research team of the Institute for Sustainable Heritage at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Envi-ronment in the University College London,this article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the Glossary.The former includes the unification of global classification standards and terminology usage,and the comprehensive textual and photo-graphic explanations of various deterioration types.The latter includes the extensive workload and in-depth understanding required to distinguish be-tween similar deterioration types,the insufficiency of sample completeness and classification accuracy,and the Glossary's inability to infer the origins,pro-cesses,and extents of deterioration.This research examines the source documents,characteristics of different translations,content structure,and global usage of the Glossary,and offers several sugges-tions for improvement.These include integrating similar deterioration types,introducing quantitative mechanisms,and adding content related to the anal-ysis and conservation of specific themes.The find-ings aim to provide new insights for future practices in categorising stone deterioration patterns.
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