anastylosis

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Noun1.anastylosis - the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary)anastylosis - the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary)
reassembly, refabrication - assembling again
archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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Anastylosis: where a fallen element remains as it fell and its original form and position is obvious.
2nd International Conference on Archaeological Parks and Sites Concludes ----- Part-2
The method employed for the reconstruction was anastylosis, (2) however, when it came to the roof top, a bit of fantasy was also employed.
Conserving the past, mobilizing the Indonesian future: archaeological sites, regime change and heritage politics in Indonesia in the 1950s
Then, a period of glorious maturity, "hinduized", today defined by its own demise, and reduced to the architects' anastylosis technique, the language of historians' catalogs, and the contemplation of Khmer art; 3.
Sketching an institutional history of academic knowledge production in Cambodia (1863-2009)--Part 2
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