Reconstruction of Historical Sites is Controversial

    The idea that a place of the past can be interpreted by the reconstuction of buildings or features has been debated by architects, archaeologists and historians for hundreds of years now. In the future this website will present the evidence used in the design and construction of the both the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson and the San Agustín mission. In the mean time, to inform the debate, presented below is a discussion of the controversy in a point/counterpoint format. Originally published in Archaeology Southwest V15, no. 2

Point: Reconstruction Doesn't Work! R. Brooks Jeffery, Coordinator, Preservation Studies, College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona.

Conterpoint: Reconstruction Can Work! Marty McCune, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Tucson