On 19-22th 2015 there was held a training for students of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts within the II International YOCOCU School for students and young professionals on Conservation, Restoration and Management of Archaeological Sites co-arranged by MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage and International YOCOCU Association at Medieval Agsu Town Archaeological Tourism Complex.
At the trainings in the Medieval Agsu Town the teachers were Prof. Dr. Gafar Jabiyev (chief of Agsu Archaeological Expedition), Dr. Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo (Restoration Laboratory of Calabria University, Italy), Dr. Uğur Genç (Central Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey), Dr. Fariz Khalilli (Chairman of MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage) and Ughur Giyasi (restorer-architect of MIRAS Social Organization). Exchange of views and practice were held on the topics of restoration and conservation principles, restoration laboratory, stone materials, chemical analyses and archaeometry, new nano-technological methods in mud brick conservation during the course. The students of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts on faculties of art critic, tourism, hotel, museum studies, archives and monuments defense, art, design, cultural studies draw upon their collective expertise to arrive at more effective conservation solutions via theoretical and practical ways.
The course is focused on students and young professionals engaged in conservation and management of archaeological sites based on the multidisciplinary solutions and collaboration. In content and structure, the course has been developed to address the following topics and skills as they pertain to interdisciplinary approaches to the conservation and valorisation of Agsu site.
The course participants were presented international certificates in the end.
The students had been in Medieval Shikhmezid Monument and early medieval Mehravan town which the Expedition studied in 2013-2015. They watched on-site the hardening of the monuments’ protection and weathering under impact of natural factors after the archaeological researches.
On 22-25th October, 2015 trainings will be held for the students of Azerbaijan University of Construction and Architecture and Khazar University at II YOCOCU Agsu School.