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Dear Colleagues,

This volume, entitled “Archaeological and Geoarchaeological Heritage and its dissemination”, is focused on research that aims to disseminate information regarding archaeological and geoarchaeological heritage through archaeological research projects. One of the principal goals of every archaeological excavation is to highlight the importance of the excavated and investigated heritage, not only through preservation studies, but also via the dissemination and integration of the abovementionated heritage in a social context. In general terms, this volume is focused on both dissemination in all knowledge areas as well as on specialised education, mainly at the university level.

On the other hand, it is very important to highlight that one of the essential aspects that archaeological and geoarchaeological research should not neglect is the socialization of archaeological heritage, which is dependent on the incorporation of local communities for defense and preservation through various dissemination and cultural promotion tools.

The article that will be included in this Special Issue address all of these dimensions of heritage research, covering a wide temporal and chrono-cultural spectrum that analyses different types of archaeological and geoarchaeological heritage, starting from Prehistory to recent times, and understanding these types of heritages as a indissoluble combination when investigating archaeological sites.

Prof. Dr. David Álvarez-Alonso
Prof. Dr. María De Andrés-Herrero
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Keywords

prehistoy
hunter-gatherers
ancient history
excavation
medieval age
GIS, 3D reconstruction

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Ancient Sites and Modern People: Raising Awareness of Iron Age Heritage in Central Spain

by Jesús Rodríguez-Hernández, Jesús R. Álvarez-Sanchís, Miguel Ángel Maté-González, Carlos Díaz-Sánchez, M. Sheila Fernández-Barrientos and Gonzalo Ruiz-Zapatero

Heritage 2023, 6(2), 1128-1147; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6020063 - 26 Jan 2023

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In the last 30 years, considerable effort has been invested in the public presentation of archaeological sites and, in general, in the dissemination of the heritage bequeathed to us by the pre-Roman communities of the western Iberian Peninsula. In this paper, we critically analyse the most outstanding measures implemented in this area by the different administrations and specialists involved. Similarly, we present the main initiatives undertaken in this regard in recent years by our research team within the framework of the REFIT and VETTONIA projects. Finally, we put forward ten essential proposals for future actions to achieve a more effective dissemination and management of Iron Age heritage. Full article

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Investigations at the Heereskraftfahrpark (HKP) 562 Forced-Labor Camp in Vilnius, Lithuania

by Philip Reeder, Harry Jol, Richard Freund, Alastair McClymont, Paul Bauman and Ramūnas Šmigelskas

Heritage 2023, 6(1), 466-482; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6010024 - 03 Jan 2023

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This research, examining the site of the HKP Forced-Labor Camp in Vilnius, Lithuania, located and better defined the characteristics and remaining features of the 1944 camp. There were four over-arching objectives for this research. First, to find the entrance into the principal hiding place where Jews interned in the camp took refuge just before the camp’s liquidation by the Nazis and their local collaborators. Next, find the location of the burial trench(es) where Jewish prisoners who were found in hiding were murdered and initially buried. Next, to find the mass-burial site where Jewish survivors reburied the remains from the trench(es). Lastly, to locate any other evidence related to the murder of Jews at the HKP 562 site. Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) found the principal hiding place in the basement of Building 2. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) discovered the two trenches where camp inhabitants who were shot on-site during liquidation were first buried. ERT also found the location of the mass grave that holds the reburied remains from the trenches. Bullet-scarred walls near the burial trenches indicate where the Jews were shot on-site. This research solved one of the thousands of unknowns about the Holocaust, using geoscience to uncover forgotten and hidden history. The materials and methodologies used in this research can be applied in uncovering this history at thousands of other Holocaust and genocide sites worldwide. Full article

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Agrarian Archaeology: A Research and Social Transformation Tool

by Margarita Fernández Mier, Jesús Fernández Fernández and Pablo López Gómez

Heritage 2023, 6(1), 300-318; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6010015 - 28 Dec 2022

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The aim of this paper is to approach the concept of agrarian archaeology, an epistemological framework that allows the investigation of agrarian landscapes favouring new historical narratives far from traditional paradigms and, at the same time, the proposal of innovative forms of cultural heritage management in rural areas. The working methodology and some examples of both empirical work (archaeology) and research-action approaches to cultural heritage are presented. As a result, agrarian archaeology opens up a perspective of experimental research, which permits the problematization of conceptual languages, questions historical narratives and causes the rethinking of personal practices, in addition to promoting an open science close to citizens. Cultural heritage here is to be understood as a social process of meaningful construction, a space of debate and transformation for social innovation. Full article

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