Conservation-restauration et archéologie : chemins croisés

Abstract

The evolution of the conservation-restoration profession is closely linked to archeology. The issues raised by the buried remains was the opportunity to advance the thinking, the methodologies and the practices of conservators. Important steps have marked the professionalization of the discipline during the 20th century, the establishment of the first university training in 1973 was a founding event and the result of a reflection on conservation of archaeological objects. The major book Conservation in archeology, written by the first generation of graduates conservators and published in 1990, is a reference hand work setting out/providing the main principles of the profession. Since then, the discipline has continued to evolve and must today reinvent itself in a reformed archeology composed of many new players in science and heritage.

Keywords

• archeology
• conservation
• restoration
• methodology
• deontology