Browse Collections (39 total)

2017 Session 13: The Archaeology of Manila Galleons, Past, Present and Future

This session will focus on a specific part of the rich maritime history of the Asia Pacific region, the Manila Galleons. These ships traversed between…

2017 Session 9: Maritime/Underwater Cultural Heritage in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia (SEA) has been rich in maritime and underwater cultural heritage (UCH) over a long period, from ancient pre-history, through the age of…

2017 Session 8: Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites and Conservation of Wet Archaeological Materials

This session will focus on in-situ preservation and conservation management issues, conservation analyses and treatments, and applied conservation…

2017 Session 7: Underwater Cultural Heritage Politics, Laws, Ethics and Values

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All cultural materials are potentially cultural resources. However, because not all of them can be preserved or studied, choices must be made based on…

2017 Session 6: History and Current Trends of Underwater Archaeology around East Asia

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East Asia is extremely rich in underwater cultural heritage, such as conventional shipwrecks under the sea, submerged settlement sites on the bottoms…

2017 Session 5: Iran’s Maritime Cultural Landscape

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The country of Iran benefits from having a long coastline. Sea spaces and coastlines were attractive settlements for humans throughout history. These…

2017 Session 4: Ensuring a Sustainable Future for UCH: Museums and Public Engagement

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Cultural heritage derives its value from societal contexts, and so public engagement plays an important role in growing support for, and interest in…

2017 Session 3: Ceramic trade and cross-cultural exchange from Asian-Pacific region to the world

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Ceramics are the crucial cultural materials for understanding the cross-cultural exchange from Asian-Pacific region to the world. This session will…

2017 Session 2: Maritime and Underwater Archaeology along the South American Pacific

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The Pacific has been a central feature in coastal – as well as continental – South Americans’ social lives since their arrival to the continent.…

2017 Session 1: Underwater and Maritime Archaeology and Capacity Building in the Pacific Islands

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The Pacific Ocean contains a wealth of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) spanning human history from the Stone Age to the atomic age. Since the…