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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ruine, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, collapse
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a archaic : a falling down : collapse <from age to age…the crash of ruin fitfully resounds — William Wordsworth>
:b : [[physical]], [[moral]], [[economic]], or [[social]] collapse
*2 a : the [[state]] of [[being]] ruined —archaic except in plural <the [[city]] lay in ruins>
:b : the remains of something destroyed —usually used in plural <the ruins of an ancient [[temple]]> <the ruins of his life>
*3 : a [[cause]] of destruction
*4 a : the [[action]] of destroying, laying waste, or wrecking
:b : damage, [[injury]]
*5 : a ruined building, [[person]], or object
==Description==
'''Ruins''' are the remains of [[human]]-made [[architecture]]: [[structures]] that were once complete, as [[time]] went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of [[maintenance]] or deliberate [[acts]] of destruction. [[Natural]] disaster, war and depopulation are the most common root causes, with many [[structures]] becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging.
There are famous ruins all over the world, from [[ancient]] sites in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_valley Indus valley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe Zimbabwe] in Africa, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek ancient Greek], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egyptian] and [[Roman]] sites in the [[Mediterranean]] basin, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca Incan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan Mayan] sites in the [[America]]s. Ruins are of great importance to [[historians]], [[archaeologists]] and [[anthropologists]], whether they were once [[individual]] fortifications, places of [[worship]], houses and utility buildings, or entire villages, towns and [[cities]]. Many ruins have become [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO UNESCO] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site World Heritage Sites] in recent years, to identify and [[preserve]] them as areas of outstanding [[value]] to [[humanity]].
==External links ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400030862/ Christopher Woodward, In Ruins (London: Vintage, 2002)]
*[http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/book_page.asp?BKTitle=Industrial%20Ruins Tim Edensor, Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality (London: Berg, [2005)]
*[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820486469 Dylan Trigg, The Aesthetics of Decay: Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason(New York: Peter Lang, 2006)]
*[http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=VIBS+159 Robert Ginsberg, The Aesthetics of Ruins (New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004)]
*[http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/place/lossplace.htm Bibliography: Loss, Decay, Ending of Place]
[[Category: Archaeology]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ruine, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, collapse
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a archaic : a falling down : collapse <from age to age…the crash of ruin fitfully resounds — William Wordsworth>
:b : [[physical]], [[moral]], [[economic]], or [[social]] collapse
*2 a : the [[state]] of [[being]] ruined —archaic except in plural <the [[city]] lay in ruins>
:b : the remains of something destroyed —usually used in plural <the ruins of an ancient [[temple]]> <the ruins of his life>
*3 : a [[cause]] of destruction
*4 a : the [[action]] of destroying, laying waste, or wrecking
:b : damage, [[injury]]
*5 : a ruined building, [[person]], or object
==Description==
'''Ruins''' are the remains of [[human]]-made [[architecture]]: [[structures]] that were once complete, as [[time]] went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of [[maintenance]] or deliberate [[acts]] of destruction. [[Natural]] disaster, war and depopulation are the most common root causes, with many [[structures]] becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging.
There are famous ruins all over the world, from [[ancient]] sites in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_valley Indus valley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe Zimbabwe] in Africa, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek ancient Greek], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egyptian] and [[Roman]] sites in the [[Mediterranean]] basin, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca Incan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan Mayan] sites in the [[America]]s. Ruins are of great importance to [[historians]], [[archaeologists]] and [[anthropologists]], whether they were once [[individual]] fortifications, places of [[worship]], houses and utility buildings, or entire villages, towns and [[cities]]. Many ruins have become [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO UNESCO] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site World Heritage Sites] in recent years, to identify and [[preserve]] them as areas of outstanding [[value]] to [[humanity]].
==External links ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400030862/ Christopher Woodward, In Ruins (London: Vintage, 2002)]
*[http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/book_page.asp?BKTitle=Industrial%20Ruins Tim Edensor, Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality (London: Berg, [2005)]
*[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820486469 Dylan Trigg, The Aesthetics of Decay: Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason(New York: Peter Lang, 2006)]
*[http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=VIBS+159 Robert Ginsberg, The Aesthetics of Ruins (New York/Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004)]
*[http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/place/lossplace.htm Bibliography: Loss, Decay, Ending of Place]
[[Category: Archaeology]]
