ICOMOS Open Archive: EPrints on Cultural Heritage
Welcome to the ICOMOS Open Archive: Eprints on Cultural Heritage, a global archive specialising in the conservation and restoration of monuments, sites and landscapes.
It is both the institutional archive of the scientific documentation produced by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and also a subject archive open to the entire international scientific community in the field of heritage conservation. Research institutes, organizations, universities and individual researchers involved in the conservation of cultural heritage and related fields, whether members of ICOMOS or not, are encouraged to make use of and contribute to this global Archive.
The ICOMOS Open Archive accepts peer reviewed scientific or technical documents, in all languages, on topics related to the field of conservation and restoration of monuments, sites and landscapes. The only requirement is that authors wishing to submit a document must register for an account.
- ICOMOS Classification Schema (1215)
- A. THEORETICAL AND GENERAL ASPECTS (200)
- 01. Generalities (50)
- 03. Art History (7)
- 04. History (15)
- 14. Other (4)
- B. ARCHAEOLOGY (127)
- 01. Generalities (15)
- 09. Prehistoric art (15)
- 11. Rock art (38)
- 12. Rock art site (23)
- 13. Rock engraving (10)
- 14. Rock painting (16)
- 15. Other (7)
- C.ARCHITECTURE (209)
- 01. Generalities (39)
- 10. Other (4)
- D.URBANISM (190)
- 01. Generalities (48)
- 02. Urban planning (107)
- 04. Rehabilitation (52)
- 05. Legislation (10)
- 06. Other (1)
- E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION (692)
- 01. Generalities (128)
- 03. Monuments (256)
- 05. Sites (130)
- 06. Techniques (83)
- 07. Management (125)
- 08. Monitoring (15)
- 12. Other (1)
- G.DETERIORATION (89)
- 01. Generalities (10)
- 06. Other (3)
- H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES (734)
- 01. Generalities (16)
- 07. Cultural routes (83)
- 09. Historic buildings (161)
- 10. Historic gardens (15)
- 18. Mixed sites (4)
- 19. Natural sites (22)
- 22. Rock art (18)
- 28. World Heritage (64)
- 29. Other (1)
- I.CULTURAL TOURISM (108)
- 01. Generalities (38)
- 03. Tourist industry (11)
- 05. Tourism impact (33)
- 09. Other (1)
- J.HERITAGE ECONOMICS (137)
- 01. Generalities (8)
- 06. Other (2)
- K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES (132)
- 01. Generalities (6)
- 07. Inventories (15)
- 08. Other (1)
- L.PRESENTATION AND TRANSMISSION OF HERITAGE (145)
- 01. Generalities (34)
- 02. Interpretation (51)
- 03. Presentation (28)
- 04. Public awareness (43)
- 05. Dissemination (19)
- 06. Musealization (13)
- 07. Education (37)
- 08. Children (5)
- 09. Youth (4)
- 10. Other (3)
- M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION (232)
- 01. Generalities (37)
- 03. World Heritage List (185)
- 05. Criteria (24)
- 07. Management plan (37)
- 08. Monitoring (6)
- 09. Nomination file (16)
- 10. Advisory body (14)
- 11. Tentative list (19)
- 12. Other (3)
- N.ANTHROPOLOGY (16)
- 01. Generalities (5)
- 02. Ethnography (7)
- 03. Ethnology (3)
- 04. Other (4)
- O.INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (309)
- 01. Generalities (267)
- 03. Performing arts (10)
- 07. Other (3)
- P.GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (253)
- 01. Americas (74)
- 02. Africa (23)
- 05. Europe (124)