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The most profound examples of ancient Southeast Asian ship iconography are found on the walls of the 9th century Borobudur monument in central Java. As the contemporary assemblage of nautical iconography from Southeast Asia is limited, the ship…

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The Introduction of Conservation Treatment of Maritime Artifacts in Korea

Since 1976, the underwater excavation program, which began with the Shinan ship, has yielded some 94,500 relics and eleven shipwrecks (including two foreign ships) from 18 sites in Korea. To conserve each material appropriately the artifacts…

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Archaeological Data Recovery and Mitigation of the CSS Georgia

CSS Georgia Presentation Final for June 2 2015

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CSS Georgia and Research that Preceded Mitigation

Paper presented at the 2016 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference held in Washington, D.C.

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Recoding the Nautical Archaeology: Virtual Museum of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Turkey

The preservation of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) requires availability and access to data produced by nautical archaeology alongside tools for analysis, visualization and communication. Although numerous archaeological surveys and excavations…

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A Place to Learn: the Underwater Cultural Heritage in American Samoa

The five inhabited islands (Tutuila, Aunuâ€™u, Ofu, Olosega, and Taâ€™u) and two distant coral atolls (Swains Atoll and Rose Atoll) of American Samoa have a diverse maritime past. Consequently, maritime heritage properties reflect different aspects…

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Creating the Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage

The most recent report published by UNESCO Section for Museums and Cultural Objects concerning Underwater Archaeology Courses at Universities and Other institutions mentioned more than thirty facilities around the world that provide education and…

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Shared Heritage? Shared Responsibility? Reflections on the role of â€˜sharedâ€™ colonial heritage within capacity building programs in the postcolonial world

The Centre for International Heritage Activities (CIE) has been involved in developing Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Programs (MUCH) in Asia and Africa since the 1990s. Although these programs aimed for a general development of capacity…

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The 2001 Convention: A Framework for International Cooperation in Safeguarding our Underwater Cultural Heritage

Keynote speech by Dr. Tim Curtis Chief of Culture Unit UNESCO Bangkok Office. To watch a video of this presentation please click here: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/videos/Tim_Curtis.m4v

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Understanding Behind Shipwrecks:
filling the missing gap of local history

Archaeological evidence of contact and exchange can be found in many sites in Indonesia. Different areas of the Archipelago experienced different levels of socioeconomic complexity because of many factors including local resource distribution and…

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