Information: Another Perspective on Cultural Heritage Management

Abstract

The area of Prahova County, with all its values-cultural, social, and economic, allows approaching, in a widely accessible way, the connection between the investors' community and the institutions empowered in the protection of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is a concept in continuous expansion and development, which sometimes makes it difficult to identify components that need to be protected. How can I protect if I don't know what? Following the connection of conditioning how-how-when-why, this paper aimed to identify the role of information in this logical approach that overlaps with the directions of the approach to cultural heritage management. The research methodology focused on the analysis of preventive archaeological excavations carried out under commercial contracts between the Prahova Museum of History and Archeology and beneficiaries. It highlighted the main opportunities and challenges that rescue interventions may face, emphasizing the role of information beyond rules and procedures. Added value is given by the peculiarities of the investigated archeological sites, i.e the burial mounds from the Bronze Age attributed to the Yamnaya populations.

Chronology of the Bronze Age in southeast Transylvania

“…191 The recent radiocarbon dates from Mavrodin and Vităneşti obtained from two Glina settlements suggest their beginning could have been somewhere between 2850 and 2500 cal BC. 192 Even though these dates have been considered early for the beginning of the Glina Culture, they fit well into the estabilished EBA chronology (2750-2300 cal BC). 193 Questions are raised by the earliest data at Leliceni, where we have the 14 C data, but not the proper context.…”

Industria materiilor dure animale din situl preistoric de la Șoimești – Merez (jud. Prahova)

“…este o scoică marină care își are originea în bazinul mediteranean 74 , trăind în apropierea coastelor 75 . Foarte importantă este observația că piesele de la Șoimești erau fosilizate în momentul culegerii76 . Menționăm că în Serbia la Belo Brdo, se află un depozit fosilifer Neogen exploatat în preistorie, dar le putem adăuga și pe cele aflate în jurul orașului Belgrad 77 , cele din Ungaria sau Austria 78 sau din localitățile transilvănene Buituri (Cluj) și Râpa (Bihor)79 .…”