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Re-examining the Butuan Boats Pre-colonial Philippine Watercraft
Poster presented at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage
Video interview with Session 15 chair Craig Forrest.
The legal framework for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage has gained momentum throughout the Asia-Pacific with a number of States turning their attention to this issue. For some this is due to concerns raised though specific…
Video interview with Session 14 Chair Carlos Ausejo.
Navigation was not unknown in the Americas, at the Spaniards arrival different kind of vessel were in use both in the Pacific and the Atlantic shores, as well as in lakes or rivers. Canoe, reed rafts, balsa log raft and others skin based watercraft…
Video interview with Session 13 chair Sila Tripati.
Maritime archaeology, a new branch of social sciences, took its birth in the Mediterranean Sea in the 19th century and academically it began after 1950. Maritime archaeology is also known as ‘underwater’, ‘marine’ and ‘nautical’…
Video interview with Session 12 chair Nia Hasanah
The richness of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in the Southeast Asian region has been very well known throughout the world. Various shipping activities, trade, warfare, piracy occur in Southeast Asian waters since prehistoric times to the…
Video interview with Session 11 chair Bill Jeffery.
Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) from World War II is extensive throughout the Asia/Pacific Region. It encompasses numerous warships from many Nations, thousands of merchant ships commissioned to support the war effort, and also many other types of…
Video interviews with Session 10 chair Kehau Watson and panel participants William J Aila Jr. and Kepa Maly.
Responding to the effort to protect both natural and cultural resources within the marine environment for the benefit of present and future generations, state and federal resource management agencies have been re-examining their cultural resource…
Interview with Session 9 chair Akifumi Iwabuchi.
East Asia is rich in maritime and underwater cultural heritage. Not only conventional shipwrecks or submerged archaeological sites but also stone tidal weirs or prehistoric shell mounds along coastal zones have extensively been identified by many…
Video interview with Session 8 chair Atthasit Sukkham.
Trade ceramics have usually been found together with other evidence in many ancient shipwrecks, harbours, ports, trade centers, hinterlands and burials around the world which were linked to international maritime trade routes. These were specifically…
Video interview with Session 7 chair Vicki Richards and Jon Carpenter.
This session will focus on in-situ preservation and conservation management issues, conservation analyses and treatments, and applied conservation research of archaeological materials from freshwater, marine and wet terrestrial sites. The main…
Interview with Session 6 co-chair Veronica Walker Vadillo.
The arrival of Spain and Portugal in Asia-Pacific in the 1500s marked a turning point in the history of the region. New foreign actors came into play: priests, merchants and mercenaries looking to save souls and profit from trade in exotic Asian…
Video interview with Session 5 chair MarÃa Cruz Berrocal.
Research on early modern colonialism in the Asia-Pacific region makes a fundamental contribution to the study of Global History. In the last decades, historians are highlighting the region's relevance in the transformation of global economy through…
Video interview with Session 4 chair Akatsuki Takahashi.
The Pacific Ocean contains a wealth of underwater cultural heritage. Underwater sites in Oceania span human history from the Stone Age to the Atomic Age. Due to the cultural richness of underwater heritage in the region and its complex history, the…
Video Interview with Dr. Bill Jeffery on Sessions 3 and 11.
Underwater cultural heritage holds a vast potential for sustainable development. It is a very interesting and attractive form of heritage, appreciated by the public. Underwater cultural heritage opens tourism opportunities. Worldwide, national…
Video interview with Session 2 chair Hans Van Tilburg.
In 2009, responding to the effort to protect the significant natural and cultural resources within the marine environment for the benefit of present and future generations, the U.S. National Marine Protected Areas Center formed a Cultural Heritage…