Aims

Heritage is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of cultural and natural heritage science published quarterly by MDPI. The publication focuses on knowledge, conservation and management of cultural and natural heritage by sensing technologies, novel methods, best practices and policies.

Scopes

With the inclusion of Articles, Reviews, Perspectives and Communications, Heritage offers an appropriate format for any length or type of submission.
The journal will be organized in six subsections as:

• Sensing technologies for diagnostics and monitoring of architectural and artistic heritage
• Innovative solutions and best practices for protection of natural heritage
• Innovation and Research in the field of Conservation and Recovery of archaeological and architectural heritage
• Geoscience and earth observation technologies for Heritage risk assessment and mitigation and the study of human past
• ICT for CH management and Fruition
• Policies and human science contributions for increasing the cultural and economic role of CH in the society

Heritage, Volume 1 (2018) 

Issue 1 (December 2018) 

Open AccessArticleAssessing the Main Frequencies of Modern and Historical Buildings Using Ambient Noise Recordings: Case Studies in the Historical Cities of Crete (Greece)

by Margarita Moisidi, Filippos Vallianatos and Maria Rosaria Gallipoli

Heritage2018, 1(1), 171-188; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010012

Received: 21 June 2018 / Revised: 2 August 2018 / Accepted: 10 August 2018 / Published: 15 August 2018

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Monitoring seismic structural response is an essential issue in earthquake risk assessments and mitigation studies for monumental buildings in order to undertake earthquake disaster management. This study aims at identifying the resonant frequency of soil and modern and historical buildings in three major

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Open AccessTechnical NoteNon-Invasive Moisture Detection for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

by Pier Matteo Barone and Carlotta Ferrara

Heritage2018, 1(1), 163-170; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010011

Received: 23 July 2018 / Revised: 4 August 2018 / Accepted: 8 August 2018 / Published: 10 August 2018

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Moisture damage is the most critical issue regarding the preservation and integrity of cultural heritage sites. The electromagnetic (EM) sensitivity to the presence of moisture, in both soils and structural materials, is a well-known phenomenon. Thereby, studying the EM response to the presence

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(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geophysical Surveys for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Preservation)

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Open AccessArticleCultural Routes in Kynouria of Arcadia: Geospatial Database Design and Software Development for Web Mapping of the Spatio-Historical Information

by Lampros Boukouvalas, Gregory Grigorakakis and Andreas Tsatsaris

Heritage2018, 1(1), 142-162; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010010

Received: 19 June 2018 / Revised: 16 July 2018 / Accepted: 16 July 2018 / Published: 20 July 2018

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On the occasion of Kynouria and in order to achieve the protection and projection of antiquities, a web-based model is proposed for highlighting individual monuments and archaeological sites, having in mind the historical and archaeological evidence of the region, the topography, the demographic

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(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geophysical Surveys for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Preservation)

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Open AccessArticleAbalone in Diasporic Chinese Culture: The Transformation of Biocultural Traditions through Engagement with the Western Australian Environment

by Li Chen and John Charles Ryan

Heritage2018, 1(1), 122-141; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010009

Received: 15 May 2018 / Revised: 7 July 2018 / Accepted: 18 July 2018 / Published: 19 July 2018

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In October 2017, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia (WA) promulgated a new regulation on recreational abalone harvesting. A notable change was that, from 2017 on, the annual fishing season in the West Coast Zone was reduced to

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Open AccessArticleHydraulic Chiefdoms in the Eastern Andean Highlands of Colombia

by Michael P. Smyth

Heritage2018, 1(1), 100-121; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010008

Received: 16 May 2018 / Revised: 9 July 2018 / Accepted: 9 July 2018 / Published: 11 July 2018

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The natural and cultural heritage of the Valley of Leiva in the Eastern Colombian Andes is closely tied to the Colonial town of Villa de Leyva. The popular tourist destination with rapid economic development and agricultural expansion contrasts sharply with an environment of

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Open AccessArticleGlocal Participatory System for the Recording, Documentation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage: A Greek Case-Study

by Dimitris Psychogyios and Nick Poulakis

Heritage2018, 1(1), 88-99; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010007

Received: 5 June 2018 / Revised: 21 June 2018 / Accepted: 24 June 2018 / Published: 26 June 2018

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The recording, documentation and promotion of local cultural heritage has been the subject of significant research from scientists from various fields such as architecture, anthropology, history, folklore, ethnomusicology, and museology. This paper argues that digital technologies could have a catalytic role concerning the

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Open AccessArticleImplementing Sustainability in Retrofitting Heritage Buildings. Case Study: Villa Antoniadis, Alexandria, Egypt

by Ahmed M. R. Khalil, Naglaa Y. Hammouda and Khaled F. El-Deeb

Heritage2018, 1(1), 57-87; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010006

Received: 30 March 2018 / Revised: 16 May 2018 / Accepted: 19 May 2018 / Published: 22 May 2018

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Sustainable design is believed to stand on the opposite side of heritage conservation. This view is supported by the fact that sustainable design requires invasive measures to implement new technologies and treatments that challenge the principle of minimum intervention in heritage conservation. Another

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Open AccessCase ReportConservation of a Wooden Tomb-Marker from the Jewish Cemetery of Algarrobos in Argentina

by Paula V. Alfieri, Rosana Lofeudo, Guadalupe Canosa, Fabian Iloro and Luis P. Traversa

Heritage2018, 1(1), 47-56; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010005

Received: 2 March 2018 / Revised: 16 May 2018 / Accepted: 20 May 2018 / Published: 22 May 2018

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The state of conservation of some tombs in the Jewish Cemetery of Algarrobos in Colonia Mauricio, Buenos Aires, Argentina was evaluated. A lot of material was found, but only two tomb-markers were done on wood. They were in a state of serious deterioration,

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Open AccessEditorialHeritage—An Open Access Journal of Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Cultural and Natural Heritage

by Francesco Soldovieri and Nicola Masini

Heritage2018, 1(1), 45-46; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010004

Received: 7 May 2018 / Revised: 14 May 2018 / Accepted: 14 May 2018 / Published: 14 May 2018

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Over the last fifteen years, studies on cultural heritage (CH) have assumed a methodological, cultural, and scientific perspective, aimed at creating an area in which to carry out frontier research to be replicated in other domains [...] Full article 

Open AccessArticleBiological Profile Estimation Based on Footprints and Shoeprints from Bracara Augusta Figlinae (Brick Workshops)

by Luís Miguel Marado and Jorge Ribeiro

Heritage2018, 1(1), 33-44; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010003

Received: 22 March 2018 / Revised: 8 May 2018 / Accepted: 9 May 2018 / Published: 14 May 2018

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Biological profile estimation is an important task of biological and forensic anthropologists. This includes sex, age, ancestry, and body morphology. In bioarchaeology, the biological profile is useful to analyze paleodemography, secular trends, paleopathology, and genetic processes, for example. Foot dimensions, footprints, and shoeprints

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Open AccessFeature PaperArticleA Spatial Pattern Analysis of Frontier Passes in China’s Northern Silk Road Region Using a Scale Optimization BLR Archaeological Predictive Model

by Xiaokun Zhu, Fulong Chen and Huadong Guo

Heritage2018, 1(1), 15-32; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010002

Received: 5 February 2018 / Revised: 10 March 2018 / Accepted: 12 March 2018 / Published: 20 March 2018

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In China’s Northern Silk Road (CNSR) region, dozens of frontier passes built and fortified at critical intersections were exploited starting at approximately 114 B.C. to guarantee caravan safety. Understanding the pattern of these pass sites is helpful in understanding the defense and trading

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Open AccessFeature PaperArticleIntegrated Investigation of Built Heritage Monuments: The Case Study of Paphos Harbour Castle, Cyprus

by Vasiliki Lysandrou, Athos Agapiou, Manolis Ioannides, Nikolaos Kantiranis, Eleftherios Charalambous and Diofantos Hadjimitsis

Heritage2018, 1(1), 1-14; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage1010001

Received: 25 February 2018 / Revised: 6 March 2018 / Accepted: 6 March 2018 / Published: 14 March 2018

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The state of preservation of built heritage monuments is often evaluated by means of several destructive techniques, which are mainly focused on the analysis of small parts of the monuments’ construction materials. The necessary sampling for the accomplishment of these destructive analyses is

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