Agamemnon Gus Pantel

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

p>El uso y abuso de los pueblos y ciudades históricas en Puerto Rico es tema de debate constante debido a intervenciones inadecuadas y al crecimiento desmedido de estos tejidos urbanos tradicionales y la metrópolis en general. La deficiencia de los Planes Generales, el efecto limitado de intervenciones fragmentarias, la homogeneización injustificad...

p>La segunda iglesia más antigua en el Nuevo Mundo está ubicada en San Juan de Puerto Rico y ha alcanzado un estado crítico de deterioro que requiere intervenciones estructurales y de conservación para segurar su permanencia. En el 2004 fue incluida en la lista de los “100 Lugares en Mayor Riesgo en el Mundo” del World Monuments Fund. Arquitectos,...

The sixteenth-century church, Iglesia San José, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was placed on the World Monuments Watch List in 2004. Originally known as the Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Aquino, it is considered by many scholars to be one of the finest and oldest examples of Gothic-influenced religious architecture built by the Spanish in the New World. Wat...

Advances in imaging software for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) have greatly enhanced the utility of this geophysical remote sensing tool for archaeological discovery. Time-slice analysis, isosurface rendering, and “overlay analysis” are among several image analyses used to identify subsurface archaeological remains. Static corrections, in which th...

Heritage resources were a significant concern during the Morris J. Berman oil spill response, which began on January 7, 1994, in Puerto Rico. Numerous pre-Columbian artifacts and archeological sites, along with some of the oldest historic structures under U. S. jurisdiction were at risk from the spreading oil and subsequent response activities. A g...