ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 12 Historic & Cultural Resources
term also includes any property listed on the World Heritage List or the Italian equivalent of the
National Register of Historic Places. Italian lists of properties should be evaluated to determine
if they are equivalent with the National Register of Historic Places prior to application.
C12.2.6. Inventory. To determine the location of historic and cultural resources that may
have world, national, or local significance.
C12.2.7. Material Remains. Physical evidence of human habitation, occupation, use, or
activity, including the site, loci, or context in which such evidence is situated including:
C12.2.7.1. Surface or subsurface structures
C12.2.7.2. Surface or subsurface artifact concentrations or scatters
C12.2.7.3. Whole or fragmentary tools, implements, containers, weapons, clothing, and
ornaments
C12.2.7.4. By-products, waste products, or debris resulting from manufacture or use
C12.2.7.5. Organic waste
C12.2.7.6. Human remains
C12.2.7.7. Rock carvings, rock paintings, and intaglios
C12.2.7.8. Rock shelters and caves
C12.2.7.9. All portions of shipwrecks; or
C12.2.7.10. Any portion or piece of any of the foregoing
C12.2.8. Preservation. The act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing
form, integrity, and material of a building or structure, and the existing form and vegetative
cover of a site. It may include initial stabilization work where necessary, as well as ongoing
maintenance of the historic building materials.
C12.2.9. Protection. The act or process of applying measures designed to affect the
physical condition of a property by safeguarding it from deterioration, loss, attack, or alteration,
or to cover or shield the property from danger or injury. In the case of buildings and structures,
such treatment is generally temporary and anticipates future historic preservation treatment; in
the case of archeological sites, the protective measure may be temporary or permanent.
C12.2.10. Restoration Professional. A person performing a historic or cultural resources
function is called a “restorer” and is defined as the professional person that defines the
conservation status and performs a series of actions (both direct and indirect) for the limitation of
the degradation processes affecting the materials of which such resources are made. In this way
the professional contributes to the conservation and to the preservation of the historical and
cultural value. Such professional can be:
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