PMID- 37674824
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230908
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 Sep
TI  - The conservation and preservation challenges and threats in the development of 
      cultural heritage: The case of the Kawo Amado Kella Defensive Wall (KAKDW) in 
      Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia.
PG  - e18839
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18839 [doi]
LID - e18839
AB  - The paper is focused on the analysis of the state and risks to Kawo Amado Kella's 
      defensive wall cultural legacy in Wolaita, Ethiopia, and the effects of 
      development project priority, modernity, religion, and globalization. The paper 
      identified the current framework of documentation and conservation policies 
      applied to cultural heritage. Value-based conservation strategies are stated as 
      essential for sustainable heritage management. An efficient management of the 
      defensive wall is stated as necessary to conserve, maintain, and restore heritage 
      structures from any natural and manmade problems. The study used a qualitative 
      ethnographic research approach. Purposive and snowball sampling procedures were 
      utilized in this investigation. There were a total of 171 interviews conducted 
      during all stages of the process. In total, there were 64 women. By being 
      conserved, restored, and preserved, the cultural legacy of Kawo Amado Kella's 
      defensive wall not only helped to preserve an ancient civilization but also 
      contributed to the development of a distinct national and international culture.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Authors.
FAU - Abebe, Afework Hailegiorgis
AU  - Abebe AH
AD  - Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management, WSU, Ethiopia.
AD  - UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
FAU - Madda Gatisso, Melles
AU  - Madda Gatisso M
AD  - UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230826
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC10477441
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Conservation
OT  - Cultural heritage
OT  - Defensive wall
OT  - Kawo Amado Kella
OT  - Preservation
OT  - Wolaita
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2023/09/07 06:42
MHDA- 2023/09/07 06:43
PMCR- 2023/08/26
CRDT- 2023/09/07 04:08
PHST- 2023/04/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/07/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/07/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/09/07 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/09/07 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/09/07 04:08 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/08/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(23)06047-4 [pii]
AID - e18839 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18839 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2023 Aug 26;9(9):e18839. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18839. eCollection 
      2023 Sep.