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Lesson 3 Looking Back at Human Biocultural and Social Evolution
Lesson 3 Looking Back at Human Biocultural and Social Evolution
• Tangible heritage could be divided into two categories: movable and immovable.
The primary difference in these categories is the size of the heritage. For example,
the Stonehenge is an immovable tangible heritage, whereas the sarcophagus of the
pharaoh Tutankhamun is a movable tangible heritage.
THE LEGACY OF EARLY HUMANS
TO CONTEMPORARY POPULATION
• Movable tangible heritage pieces are often removed from the sites
where they were found and transferred to museums for safekeeping
and maintenance. Immovable tangible heritage pieces are often left
to the elements of nature (i.e., rain, wind, sand, sun), which makes
them vulnerable to decay and corrosion. This does not mean that
conservation efforts are not being made. However, due to the
constant exposure of these objects to these elements, conservation
becomes more challenging.