Preferred label

Preservation                

Alternative label

Scope note

The practice of prolonging the existence of artifacts or natural materials in their original or current state through processes that maintain and protect from harm or loss.        

Parent concept

Conservation       

uh-linked-data/concept/460       

Related concept                                   

Repair manipulation       

uh-linked-data/concept/426        

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300105444       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

 Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/394