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NOTES ON SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD                     6

divided into immovable and movable objects, since this does not disturb the main basis of the list.

1. [[underline]] Immovable objects [[/underline]]

(i) [[underline] Buildings of all kinds, religious, civic and private. [[/underline]  The main materials of construction, each constituting a different problem, are stone, brick, wood, plaster, and earth.

(ii) [[underline]] Fixtures in buildings, [[/underline]] such as fireplaces (stone, plaster and wood); staircases (stone, brick and wood); ceilings (stone, plaster and wood); galleries (brick, stone and wood); choirstalls, tombs and shrines in churches (stone, brick and wood); mosaics (glass); stained and painted glass windows; mural paintings (on plaster or clay surfaces which form part of the wall, or on canvas attached to the wall by adhesives -- technically "marouflaged"); ornament in relief attached to the structure (stone, brick, plaster, wood).

(iii) [[underline]] Commemorative monuments, [[/underline]] such as triumphal arches, towers, pyramids (stone, brick and occasionally wood), and shrines.

(iv) [[underline]] Large statues and sculpture groups [[/underline]] (stone, metal, wood, and plaster.

(v) [[underline]] Burial grounds and tombs [[/underline]] (stone, brick, plaster).

(vi) [[underline]] Archaeological sites, [[/underline]] including those which are known to be important though not yet excavated.

(vii) [[underline]] Elaborate scientific installations.[[/underline]]