Reviews strategies for integrating archaeological sites and settlements, suggesting implications for future management at Saqqara.
This study reviews the history of and people's attitudes to the archaeological sites and settlements in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. Because of its structural similarities, Asuka Village offers useful insights for the future of Saqqara, a settlement adjacent to an archaeological site, regarding the appropriate management of the archaeological site and the settlement in relation to each other. In Asuka Village, where archaeological sites and the landscape of settlements have been viewed integrally, creative heritage management and utilization have been promoted by means of urban planning methods through the conservation of archaeological sites and the creation of a landscape that fits as the sites' background. Moreover, the Program for the Development of the Living Environment and Industrial Infrastructure in Asuka Village was formulated, which has led to the administration of projects aimed at stabilizing residents' lifestyles and the establishment of the Asuka Village Development Fund. The local government, residents, scholars, and people knowledgeable in culture and the arts have been involved in the conservation process in various ways. Those in charge of the future of Saqqara should learn from Asuka by viewing the settlement and the archaeological site as an integrated landscape and by developing the living environment and the infrastructure of the settlement while conserving the archaeological site.
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