Architectural Restoration Criteria in the Maya Area

Restoration Methods

Generically, actions carried out on a monument are called "interventions", no matter if the work accomplished is of a preventive, formal, or permanent conservation nature. In overall terms, the steps to be taken may have to do with: liberation, documentation, analysis and diagnosis, so that on such bases we may determine what kind of treatment would be more convenient, and its application at a medium and long term. To fulfill our specific objective, we shall now describe the most frequent and significant interventions regarding archaeological monument restoration.

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