Information: Another Perspective on Cultural Heritage Management

Abstract

The area of Prahova County, with all its values-cultural, social, and economic, allows approaching, in a widely accessible way, the connection between the investors' community and the institutions empowered in the protection of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is a concept in continuous expansion and development, which sometimes makes it difficult to identify components that need to be protected. How can I protect if I don't know what? Following the connection of conditioning how-how-when-why, this paper aimed to identify the role of information in this logical approach that overlaps with the directions of the approach to cultural heritage management. The research methodology focused on the analysis of preventive archaeological excavations carried out under commercial contracts between the Prahova Museum of History and Archeology and beneficiaries. It highlighted the main opportunities and challenges that rescue interventions may face, emphasizing the role of information beyond rules and procedures. Added value is given by the peculiarities of the investigated archeological sites, i.e the burial mounds from the Bronze Age attributed to the Yamnaya populations.