Maritime Archaeology
Australian Approaches
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Beschreibung
Maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage management have become well established over the past twenty years or so in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Australia. During that period Australian researchers and underwater cultural heritage managers have conducted a significant number of important maritime archaeological investigations and have developed innovative approaches to the discipline.
Subject areas discussed in this book include shipwrecks and abandoned vessels, underwater site formation processes, maritime infrastructure and industries such as whaling, submerged aircraft and Australian Indigenous sites underwater. The application of National and State legislation and management regimes to these underwater cultural heritage sites is also highlighted, together with the important role of avocational divers and training programs in raising the profile of underwater and maritime heritage sites.
The book includes a comprehensive bibliography of work conducted both in Australia and by Australian maritime archaeologists in the Asia-Pacific region. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of maritime and historical archaeology and cultural heritage managers throughout the world as example of good practice and innovative approaches to maritime archaeology.
Cover photographs courtesy of (front) Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Maritime Museum; (back, above) Heritage Unit, Heritage Victoris; (back, below) Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.
Maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage management have become well established over the past twenty years or so in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Australia, where researchers and underwater cultural heritage managers have conducted a significant number of important maritime archaeological investigations and have developed innovative approaches to the discipline. This book surveys the investigation, preservation and management of shipwrecks and abandoned vessels and Australian Indigenous sites underwater.
The effect of National and State legislation and management regimes to these underwater cultural heritage sites is also highlighted, together with the important role of avocational divers and training programs in raising the profile of underwater and maritime heritage sites. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of maritime and historical archaeology and cultural heritage managers throughout the world as example of good practice and innovative approaches to maritime archaeology.
Because underwater archaeology is still relatively new in the history of archaeology, practitioners are some of the most innovative in all of archaeology and terrestrial archaeologists are starting to take notice Staniforth (co-editor and currently the president of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology - ACUA - an international body) is a well-known figure in underwater archaeology, is one of few to address the issue of Pacific cutlural settings and issues pertaining to the field in Oceania The contributors of this piece have set the standard for the practice in Australia from which others can learn Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Mark Staniforth
Themen in »Maritime Archaeology«
Museum Underwater Archaeology artifact studies cultural heritage management heritage management historical archaeology maritime archaeological exhibitions maritime archaeology maritime infrastructure maritime museums nautical archaeology shipwrecks underwater cultural heritage sites