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Title

Maritime archaeology : Australian approaches / edited by Mark Staniforth and Michael Nash.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Springer, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nash, Michael, 1959-
• Staniforth, Mark.

Description

xvii, 222 p. : ill.; 24cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Plenum series in underwater archaeology

Uniform Title

Plenum series in underwater archaeology.

Subject

• Archaeology
• Australia > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Australia
• Shipwrecks > Australia
• Underwater archaeology > Australia
• Underwater archaeology > Law and legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-206) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Maritime archaeology in Australasia: reviews and overviews / Michael McCarthy -- Theoretical approaches / Peter Veth -- Artifact studies / Mark Staniforth -- Thematic studies in Australian maritime archaeology / Nathan Richards -- Individual shipwreck site case studies / Michael Nash -- Maritime archaeology at the land-sea interface / Martin Gibbs -- Underwater archaeology / David Nutley -- Nautical archaeology in Australia, the Indian Ocean and Asia / Jeremy N. Green -- The ethics and values of maritime archaeology / Cos Coroneos -- Historic shipwrecks legislation / Bill Jeffery -- Innovative approaches in underwater cultural heritage management / Ross Anderson, Cassandra Philippou, and Peter Harvey -- Maritime museums and maritime archaeology exhibitions / Kieran Hosty -- Cultural tourism and diver education / Corioli Souter -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 0387258825
• 9780387258829

LCCN

^^2005927079

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library