Dalat, Gershom Danglah2023-12-122023-12-122018-11-02Dalat, Gershom Danglah (2018) Preservation Of Cultural Identity And Archaelogical Sites Through Conservation In Eggon Landhttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3452Cultural material has a concreteness that exists apart from ourselves, thus forcing us to consider its origin and disposition outside our own minds. With material received from the past, we are obliged to notice that it has somehow been preserved from the time of its origin down to the time we encounter it, and we are obliged to consider the future consequences of what we do with it. If we destroy it, we have consumed it for our private benefit, have taken it out of the public sphere, and so have removed the responsibility that others will encounter it as we have done. If, as archaeologists, we destroy to study and develop information and interpretations from it, we are faced with the choice of whether to keep that information private and let it die with us or publicize it in some way so that it can continue to circulate in human awareness. In all cases, then, the encounter forces us to choose, to take responsibility for either denying or providing the future with access to this resources information about it. If-we can promote in our society a spirit favouring the preservation of things from and information about the past, we will surely promote a more generalised awareness of our responsibility to create a liveable future. William D. LipeenArticle