Maritime Archaeology: Challenges for the New Millennium
Convenors
John Gribble, South Africa
Jaco Boshoff, South Africa
Marek Jasinski, Norway
The title chosen for this maritime archaeological symposium – Challenges for the New Millennium – is aimed at stimulating creative thinking and debate about the future of the discipline of maritime archaeology.
Maritime archaeology is beset by a variety of long-standing issues and problems that bedevil the discipline, and which have been hotly debated by practitioners for years. These include theoretical and ethical issues which relate to underwater archaeological resources. Pressure on underwater archaeological resources is continually mounting, however, as more divers enter the water every year. The vast majority of those who now have access to a resource which was protected for centuries due to its inaccessibility are not archaeologists and approach underwater sites with agendas and attitudes usually widely divergent from those of archaeologists and heritage managers. A lack of education or knowledge about the importance of underwater cultural resources, or a perception that these resources are there for the taking, coupled with a lack of capacity on the part of heritage managers and archaeologists to effectively police the resource has meant the rapid degradation in most cases of many underwater archaeological sites.
If underwater cultural heritage resources are to survive beyond this century and into the new millennium as viable objects of archaeological interest, solutions to these problems are going to have to be found, and this is going to have to be sooner rather than later. This symposium will address some of these issues from around the world, and aims to encourage debate and discussion that will perhaps go some way towards suggesting possible solutions.
papers:
Author 1 Author 2 Title
Boshoff Culling the White Elephants: The development of Maritime Archaeology at the South African Cultural History Museum
Cano HMS Swift (1762-1770) a non-intrusive operation in underwater archaeology of shipwrecks; Puerto Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina
Forrest New Laws for the millennium- Archaeology AND salvage? S032hrr2
Gardner Deep diving, new underwater equipment and the future of archaeology S032grn1
Gribble The “Dodington Gold Coins” S032grb1
Harris Slaves, swamps and sports divers: The challenge of dovetailing public education with research and submerged site management in South Carolina
Jasinski WHICH WAY NOW? Maritime archaeology and underwater heritage into the 21st century. S032jsk1
Mantzouka-Syson Underwater archaeology in Greece: Past present and future s032mnt1
Staniforth Underwater cultural heritage management in Australia: a model in need of repair s032stn1
Underwood Is there a role for the sports diver in maritime archaeology?
Valentini Santa Fe Vieja (1573-1600); underwater archaeology of a Spanish settlement, Santa Fe Province, San Javier River, Argentina
Valentini Cano underwater archaeology in Argentina: works and future developments
Vrana et al Private public partnerships in shipwreck archaeology: rationale and recommendations
Werz Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the development and future of maritime archaeology in South Africa s032wrz1
Wickler et al Remote sensing in marine archaeology: Preliminary results of the Snow White Project, Arctic Norway s032wnc1
Williams Cooper Maritime archaeology in Northern Ireland S032wlm1