Angkor conservation under Bernard-Philippe Groslier

Record summary

Bernard-Philippe Groslier’s work with the École française d’Extrême-Orient during the 1950s and 1960s advanced conservation, hydraulic studies and archaeological interpretation at Angkor. Research examined temples, reservoirs, urban settlement and inscriptions, helping move discussion beyond isolated monuments toward a managed urban landscape. The work is relevant to comparison because modern conservation practice can create as well as recover historical narratives. Questions remain about restoration methods, the dating of urban features and how much of the hydraulic model has been confirmed by later remote sensing and field archaeology.