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These records have been used to prepare tools for understanding the components of the site and its history. This didactic material will 
be placed across the site to provide accurate and reliable information to the visitor. Finally, instead of reconstructing architecture, 
simulations based on scientific research may stimulate the imagination of the visitors. 
Conservation Legend 
R Re-point wall with lime 
mortarmixturc 
T Rc-covcr top of wall 
with lime mortal 
mixture 
S(_m) Build-up existing wall 
with lime mortar bonded 
stone masonry over 
Geotextile. (Built-up 
height shown in brackets) 
C(_m) Cover Area with layer 
of soil over Geotextile. 
(soil layer height 
displayed in brackets) 
Conservation 
Form 
Great Mosque 
Plan 
Month Ytor 
al-Balid Archaeological Park 
Salalah, The Sultanate of Oman 
Drawing Legend 
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Sp:\Conf<vm\Ptot\1-l.p« 
U. Sanano Quintero 
Ü 
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Figure 4: Friday Mosque Conservation form, al-Baleed, example of the documentation performed after excavation and conservation 
works ( 1997) 
Figure 5: Roughly Rectified Aerial photography Documentation of a House excavated in 2000. (1) A regular grid of fix points is set 
up using the Total Station, (2) a plane parallel photography is taken using a lift, (3) the image is manually rectified using the grid set 
by the total station and Adobe Photoshop. 
3. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA 
As a recording devise photography still is a very important component of the documentation of the site. Traditionally photographic 
records are kept in manual documentaries with time consuming access. To improve the accessibility,Aachen University in 
collaboration with a the private sector has developed a software application to store, retrieve and manage all the photographic records