The International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) advises ICOMOS and the World Heritage Committee on matters that pertain to all aspects of the management of archaeological sites and landscapes. These include formulating and propagating standards and best practices for both archaeological research and cultural resource management. Read more about ICAHM.

(ICAHM is an ICOMOS Scientific Committee. To visit the ICOMOS website, click here.)

Members of ICAHM and those who wish to join or continue as members should complete the membership form and send via email to Ian Lilley at ian.lilley@icahm.icomos.org, or via mail to Douglas Comer, CSRM, 2113 St. Paul Street, 1st Floor, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA, or by fax at +1-410-244-6324.

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07.20.12 - The Menorca Statement on the Development and Use of Best Practices in the Management of Archaeological World Heritage Sites draws principally from discussions held at and subsequent to the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BEST PRACTICES IN WORLD HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY.

The conference was held on the Island of Menorca, in Spain, 9 through 13 April 2012. It was organized by the Complutense University of Madrid, sponsored by the Council of Menorca Island (Balearic Islands, Spain), and planned in coordination with the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM). The conference was the largest ever assembled for the express purpose of enhancing the caliber of archaeological heritage management.

The Statement makes public the intent by ICAHM to develop best practices for the management of archaeological heritage. ICAHM now invites broad participation in the development of these best practices by all ICOMOS scientific committees, in particular ICTC (cultural tourism) and ICORP (risk preparedness), as well as by recognized professional associations of archaeologists around the world.

It will be the position of ICAHM that nominations to the World Heritage List should describe how the nominated site will adhere to these best practices, upon their completion and dissemination.

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02.20.12 - ICAHM's 2012 Annual Meeting: The UNESCO World Heritage Convention on its 40th Anniversary, Cuzco, Peru, 27-30 November 2012 ICAHM has chosen Cuzco, Peru as the location of its 2012 annual meeting because the historic district of Cuzco is a World Heritage site and the gateway to the archaeological site of Machu Picchu, also on the World Heritage List. But this meeting does not deal specifically with Cuzco or Peru. This is an international meeting in focus and participation, as are all of ICAHM’s annual meetings.

  

Among the worldwide issues for consideration at this meeting are local stakeholder claims on archaeological heritage; sustainable development and community sustainability; tourism pressures and site preservation; heritage and rights; challenges to the validity and value of the World Heritage List as it quickly approaches 1,000 inscribed sites; the World Heritage List decision-making process; impacts of war, civil disorder, and natural disasters on archaeological sites; technical advances in archaeological heritage management, etc.

Download our Cuzco Conference flyer! Find out what to see and do, where to stay, and learn about Cuzco, Macchu Pichu, and the Sacred Valley!

For registration, abstract submission instructions, and additional conference information, CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR CUZCO CONFERENCE WEBSITE.

08.23.09 - In the spirit of the international cooperation that is essential to our work, and in cognizance of the magnitude of work that lies before us, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) now has two Presidents. We have been elected for a three-year term, during which our primary goal will be to reshape ICAHM along the lines set out by the Eger-Xi'an Principles. The Eger-Xi'an Principles enlarge the role that scientific committees play in ICOMOS. Read the complete message here.

09.14.2012 - NASA Space Archaeology Workshop to be held Dec 1-2, 2012 at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP, Lima, Peru. Click to view the agenda.

07.31.2012 - The Heritage Curse in Southeast Asia

03.01.2012 - An open letter from the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) to Spike TV and the National Geographic Channel. ICAHM Protests Television Programs That Encourage Destruction of Archaeological Heritage.

02.28.2012 - Message from ICOMOS Greece about Vandalism of Historic Structures. Click to view this message.

11.16.2011 - Devastation of UNESCO World Heritage Site Vernazza, Italy

10.25.2011 - ICAHM Annual Meeting and First International Symposium, December 2, 2011, Institut national d'histoire de l'art In the Salle Fabri de Peiresc 6 rue des Petits-Champs 75002 Paris, France. Click here for info.

10.13.2011 - ICAHM is a co-sponsor for the First International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage Archaeology. See the Call for Papers here.

08.10.2011 - NASA ROSES Space Archaeology Workshop on Research and World Heritage

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