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'Within a couple of days of the start of Maui's fires, government officials,
preservation experts and contractors were meeting to talk about how to
coordinate the cleanup effort with the salvaging and documenting of cultural
artifacts.
"I hope we can work toward understanding what the needs are with regard to
historic preservation and the resources that are important to our people,
important to our history," said archeologist Tanya Lee-Greig, kicking off the
discussion. Lee-Greig has overseen cultural preservation projects on Maui.
Janet Six, principal archaeologist for the County of Maui, was also at the
meeting, held online. She said the reason officials and culture workers are
focusing on the tourist town of Lahaina is because of how the fires ravaged the
national historic landmark district.
"It's a landmark district we're dealing with, so we're wanting to expedite the
emergency situation," Six said in an interview. "But at the same time, we need
to be mindful that we're working in an area with buildings, some of which are
150 years old."'
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
