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years 2009 and early 2010. Volume one includes 16 chapters from early prehistory
to space conquest from the end of twentieth Century. An electronic version was
ready for June 2010, and it was officially presented to the 2010 plenary session of
the World Heritage Committee in Brasilia (Ruggles & Cotte, 2010). The paper version was published in August 2011 (Ruggles & Cotte, 2011). A second volume
could be edited some years after as a complement of the first, with some more conceptual point of view, e.g. about the concept of dark sky and its possible use for
preparing credible WH nominations (Ruggles & Cotte, 2017). It contains also some
important individual case studies in the field of astronomical and archaeoastronomical heritage. It was published in 2017 as joint thematic study by ICOMOS and IAU
(Ruggles & Cotte, 2017).
In parallel, we assisted to some nominations of remarkable places illustrating the
dynamic of the astronomical heritage, some years after the initiative; that was due
to the duration of dossier writing and preparation of a complete management plan
for a given site, which is never simple because of numerous stakeholders and variety
of interests related to World Heritage sites. We can mention: Risco Caido cultural
landscape in Gran Canarias for archaeoastronomy and Jodrell Bank radio astronomical observatory in United Kingdom. Another archaeoastronomical exceptional
site is under evaluation for Peru, at Chankillo, with some reasonable hopes to get
inscription by the World Heritage Committee of 2020. Finally, I wish to thank
warmly Clive for his fine cooperation and permanent involvement even when his
life crossed a horrible family drama. Thanks Clive for all you did.
References
Ruggles, C., Cotte, M. (eds.). (2010). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in
the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study.
ICOMOS & IAU, e-edition June: 2010.
Ruggles, C., & Cotte, M. (Eds.). (2011). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the
context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study. Bognor
Regis: Ocarinabooks.
Ruggles, C., & Cotte, M. (Eds.). (2017). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the
context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study (Vol. 2).
Paris: UNESCO.
Finally, A Very Fruitful Interdisciplinary Cooperation…
years 2009 and early 2010. Volume one includes 16 chapters from early prehistory
to space conquest from the end of twentieth Century. An electronic version was
ready for June 2010, and it was officially presented to the 2010 plenary session of
the World Heritage Committee in Brasilia (Ruggles & Cotte, 2010). The paper version was published in August 2011 (Ruggles & Cotte, 2011). A second volume
could be edited some years after as a complement of the first, with some more conceptual point of view, e.g. about the concept of dark sky and its possible use for
preparing credible WH nominations (Ruggles & Cotte, 2017). It contains also some
important individual case studies in the field of astronomical and archaeoastronomical heritage. It was published in 2017 as joint thematic study by ICOMOS and IAU
(Ruggles & Cotte, 2017).
In parallel, we assisted to some nominations of remarkable places illustrating the
dynamic of the astronomical heritage, some years after the initiative; that was due
to the duration of dossier writing and preparation of a complete management plan
for a given site, which is never simple because of numerous stakeholders and variety
of interests related to World Heritage sites. We can mention: Risco Caido cultural
landscape in Gran Canarias for archaeoastronomy and Jodrell Bank radio astronomical observatory in United Kingdom. Another archaeoastronomical exceptional
site is under evaluation for Peru, at Chankillo, with some reasonable hopes to get
inscription by the World Heritage Committee of 2020. Finally, I wish to thank
warmly Clive for his fine cooperation and permanent involvement even when his
life crossed a horrible family drama. Thanks Clive for all you did.
References
Ruggles, C., Cotte, M. (eds.). (2010). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in
the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study.
ICOMOS & IAU, e-edition June: 2010.
Ruggles, C., & Cotte, M. (Eds.). (2011). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the
context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study. Bognor
Regis: Ocarinabooks.
Ruggles, C., & Cotte, M. (Eds.). (2017). Heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the
context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS & IAU Thematic Study (Vol. 2).
Paris: UNESCO.
Finally, A Very Fruitful Interdisciplinary Cooperation…