ÖZKD LXXVIII 2025 Heft 1, pp. 30-35, 2025/05/08
Monitoring in der Archäologie
Unlike the monitoring performed for pile dwelling sites, World Heritage monitoring that went beyond visual inspec-tions was long deemed unnecessary for the Limes, since archeological finds and features in mineral soils, such as those prevalent in the “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”, are not at great risk. In Germany, therefore, the focus was on improving the knowledge of the monument by using noninvasive survey methods. In light of climate change and rapid technological advances, various approaches were used at the three partial sections of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” (Antonine Wall, Hadrian’s Wall, and Upper German-Raetian Limes). On an international level, UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS, and IUCN have invited the World Heritage Sites to carry out a comprehensive monitoring of their management structures with a toolkit they developed.