The Historic-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Study of your project

Do you need to do a Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study to move forward with your project? Sometimes, during the (often) long and tedious process of processing permits and authorizations necessary to complete your project (whether it's the laying of a new power line, the installation of irrigation on some plots of our farm, the construction of an agricultural warehouse or the opening of a quarry) you receive a circular sent by the Cultural Heritage Services in which they urge you to carry out a Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study for a possible damage to the historical heritage.

Well, if you don't know what a Historic-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Study is, or what you have to do to solve this new obstacle in the development of your project, let's try here resolve some of those doubts about a procedure that we have been solving for many years and bringing it to fruition.

The primary purpose of carrying out the Assessment Study on Historical-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage is determine the possible existence of heritage elements of interest, whether archaeological or paleontological sites, ethnological, historical or artistic assets, in the area occupied by the land removal works of your project, and which may be affected or destroyed by them, so that knowledge of possible remains allows the adoption of corrective measures, either protection or documentation of them.

The Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study is the process of The work and analysis that archaeologists carry out contrasting the technical data of the project with the results we obtain after the fieldwork.

Its main objectives are:

1. Diagnose the impact that certain financial entities suffer as a result of a certain project.
2. Propose corrective measures necessary so that this impact can be avoided, mitigated, stabilized (so that it is not accentuated), alleviated and/or compensated for.

As a first step in the process of Studying Historical-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage, it is necessary to carry out a in-depth analysis of the project. This section attempts to establish a series of guidelines, with the ultimate objective of achieving a complete characterization of the project under evaluation, including the type of project, its description, the analysis of the components and the identification of actions, the scope of the project's impact and the characterization of the effects.

For all this, of course, we will need you to provide us with all the available data about your project, including the plans you have so that we can include them in our heritage databases and thus collate any possible interactions that may exist.

This leads us to the fact that previously, and as cabinet work, it is necessary to analysis of the affected area on planimetry in use (Sheets 1:50000 and 1:25000), thus being able to determine the areas most susceptible in terms of Historical Heritage refers, taking into account factors such as proximity to courses or sources of water, dominant position with respect to the environment, toponymy, access to other natural resources, communication routes, etc.

All of these previous works are reflected in a first Authorization Request document for the carrying out of archaeological works that we submit to the corresponding Cultural Heritage Service for the purpose of obtain the necessary license that will allow us to continue with the next steps.

Once the authorization to which we referred has been obtained, archaeological work on the ground, as a second step of the study, must be carry out, through surface, intensive, visual and total coverage prospecting of the land affected by the different works that will have to be carried out and that could affect archaeological/paleontological contexts or involve, where appropriate, the dismantling of heritage elements without prior knowledge of them leading to their preservation and the establishment of measures that make their presence compatible with the planned work.

The field tour is carried out through sweeps of the terrain with separations of no more than 7 to 10 meters between routes, all this in order to delimit, if they exist, and through the visualization of remains on the surface, the possible locations of cultural or paleontological interest that could be affected.

On the other hand, there will be use a GPS locator to be able to locate exactly the hypothetical archaeological remains that may appear and the prospecting work will be completed with graphic documentation, using a digital camera, of the land surveyed and its immediate environment.

Finally, a third phase is determined by the preparation of the Technical Report related to the Assessment Study itself, in which, in accordance with the regulations established by the General Directorate of Culture, the archaeological assessment of the prospected area will be reflected with sufficient documentation, suggestions for the proper management of possible remains found (the need or not for archaeological control of the work, protection of specific places of heritage interest, etc.), as well as the determination of the completion or continuation of archaeological activities in the area.

This Technical Report is the one that we will record in the corresponding service in order that the competent administration issues the resolution, conditioned or not, to end this procedure.

We summarize everything we have told you in the following video:

[embedded] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsfGn-Lrbg[/embedyt][:en]¿Necesitas perform a Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study to move forward with your project? Sometimes, during the (often) long and tedious process of processing permits and authorizations necessary to complete your project (whether it's the laying of a new power line, the installation of irrigation on some plots of our farm, the construction of an agricultural warehouse or the opening of a quarry) you receive a circular sent by the Cultural Heritage Services in which they urge you to carry out a Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study for a possible damage to the historical heritage.

Well, if you don't know what a Historic-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Study is, or what you have to do to solve this new obstacle in the development of your project, let's try here resolve some of those doubts about a procedure that we have been solving for many years and bringing it to fruition.

The primary purpose of carrying out the Assessment Study on Historical-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage is determine the possible existence of heritage elements of interest, whether archaeological or paleontological sites, ethnological, historical or artistic assets, in the area occupied by the land removal works of your project, and which may be affected or destroyed by them, so that knowledge of possible remains allows the adoption of corrective measures, either protection or documentation of them.

The Historical, Artistic and Archaeological Heritage Assessment Study is the process of The work and analysis that archaeologists carry out contrasting the technical data of the project with the results we obtain after the fieldwork.

Its main objectives are:

1. Diagnose the impact that certain financial entities suffer as a result of a certain project.
2. Propose corrective measures necessary so that this impact can be avoided, mitigated, stabilized (so that it is not accentuated), alleviated and/or compensated for.

As a first step in the process of Studying Historical-Artistic and Archaeological Heritage, it is necessary to carry out a in-depth analysis of the project. This section attempts to establish a series of guidelines, with the ultimate objective of achieving a complete characterization of the project under evaluation, including the type of project, its description, the analysis of the components and the identification of actions, the scope of the project's impact and the characterization of the effects.

For all this, of course, we will need you to provide us with all the available data about your project, including the plans you have so that we can include them in our heritage databases and thus collate any possible interactions that may exist.

This leads us to the fact that previously, and as cabinet work, it is necessary to analysis of the affected area on planimetry in use (Sheets 1:50000 and 1:25000), thus being able to determine the areas most susceptible in terms of Historical Heritage refers, taking into account factors such as proximity to courses or sources of water, dominant position with respect to the environment, toponymy, access to other natural resources, communication routes, etc.

All of these previous works are reflected in a first Authorization Request document for the carrying out of archaeological works that we submit to the corresponding Cultural Heritage Service for the purpose of obtain the necessary license that will allow us to continue with the next steps.

Once the authorization to which we referred has been obtained, archaeological work on the ground, as a second step of the study, must be carry out, through surface, intensive, visual and total coverage prospecting of the land affected by the different works that will have to be carried out and that could affect archaeological/paleontological contexts or involve, where appropriate, the dismantling of heritage elements without prior knowledge of them leading to their preservation and the establishment of measures that make their presence compatible with the planned work.

The field tour is carried out through sweeps of the terrain with separations of no more than 7 to 10 meters between routes, all this in order to delimit, if they exist, and through the visualization of remains on the surface, the possible locations of cultural or paleontological interest that could be affected.

On the other hand, there will be use a GPS locator to be able to locate exactly the hypothetical archaeological remains that may appear and the prospecting work will be completed with graphic documentation, using a digital camera, of the land surveyed and its immediate environment.

Finally, a third phase is determined by the preparation of the Technical Report related to the Assessment Study itself, in which, in accordance with the regulations established by the General Directorate of Culture, the archaeological assessment of the prospected area will be reflected with sufficient documentation, suggestions for the proper management of possible remains found (the need or not for archaeological control of the work, protection of specific places of heritage interest, etc.), as well as the determination of the completion or continuation of archaeological activities in the area.

This Technical Report is the one that we will record in the corresponding service in order that the competent administration issues the resolution, conditioned or not, to end this procedure.

We summarize everything we have told you in the following video: