The scaling off is among the most pervasive and severe deterioration types. The scaling off
developed on earthen sites in Northwest China has a special and complex binary structure …

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a three-dimensional survey technique proven successful
for in-field stratigraphic and site-wide documentation or damage assessment of …

This paper discusses new advances in heritage site monitoring using a geo-spatial method
for assessing the state of preservation of earthen architecture overtime as a preventive …

Salt damage is one of the main problems facing the preservation of earthen sites in heritage
museums. The use of salt-inhibiting materials on the surface of earthen sites to prevent …

Earthen heritage constitutes 10% of sites on the World Heritage List and many of these sites
are experiencing extensive deterioration caused by environmental forces, such as wind and …

Uncertainties over future climatic conditions pose significant challenges when selecting
appropriate conservation strategies for heritage sites. Choosing effective strategies is …

As an important part of human cultural heritage, earthen sites are subject to damage caused
by a variety of environmental factors, such as cracking, weathering, and flooding. Due to the …

Excavations in the arid regions of Egypt provide insight into the many types and uses of
mudbrick architecture. Upon exposure the inherently unstable building material decays …

A conventional narrative view of the Neolithic sequence at Çatalhöyük East is one that
emphasises the continuity of the site's occupation of over 1,100 years without any apparent …

In the conservation of built heritage, earthen ruins rank as one of, if not the most, intractable
of problems to be confronted. Lacking the very architectural devices originally in place to …