Our mission statement
The LIACARA Foundation is committed to:
- Safeguard and advance the study of ancient cultural heritage
- Support ethical documentation and preservation of archaeological sites and artifacts
- Strengthen global collaboration between researchers, institutions, and communities
- Expand public access to knowledge about humanity's earliest cultural expressions
- Support under-resourced researchers and communities working to preserve cultural heritage
Current & planned activities
Research
Research Collaboration
Supporting collaborative archaeological research initiatives and partnerships with researchers, universities, museums, and cultural heritage institutions. The foundation seeks to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration focused on early human culture, symbolic behavior, and archaeological heritage preservation.
Outreach
Public Education
Educational initiatives may include learning resources, public lectures, classroom materials, and accessible explanations of archaeological discoveries designed to broaden public understanding of early human history.
Preservation
Documentation
Supporting the responsible documentation and preservation of archaeological sites, artifacts, and early human cultural expressions. This includes digital heritage recording, imaging initiatives, and broader efforts aimed at safeguarding fragile archaeological knowledge.
Open Access
Digital Heritage
Contributing to the development of the LIACARA digital archive, a long-term research platform integrating archaeological data, scientific research, and cultural heritage documentation. The archive is intended to support future research, knowledge preservation, and responsible public access to archaeological information.
Collaboration
Community Partnerships
The foundation aims to work with Indigenous communities, local site stewards, museums, and research institutions to support ethical cultural heritage stewardship and collaborative preservation initiatives.
Capacity
Training
Training initiatives may support researchers and heritage practitioners in areas such as archaeological imaging, digital documentation, multispectral recording, and ethical preservation practices.
Funding
Research Grants
Future grant programs may support archaeological fieldwork, scientific analysis, site documentation, and interdisciplinary research related to early human culture and symbolic behavior.
Citizen Science
Citizen Science
Future citizen science initiatives may allow members of the public to contribute to archaeological research through activities such as motif cataloguing, image documentation, and pattern-recognition projects across large cultural heritage datasets.