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Maritime Archaeology - A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)
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Maritime Archaeology - A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)
Series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology
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This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or
underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome
its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the
first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for
gradu ate or undergraduate courses in underwater archaeology, since
the growth in academic opportunities for students is an important
sign of the vitality of this subdiscipline. The layman will enjoy
the book as well. Academic and public interest in shipwrecks and
other submerged archaeological sites is indicated by a number of
factors. Every year there are 80 to 90 research papers presented at
the Society for Historical Archaeology's Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology, and the Proceedings are published.
Public interest is shown by extensive press coverage of shipwreck
investigations. One of the most important advances in recent years
has been the passage of the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987, for
the first time providing national-level law con cerning underwater
archeological sites. The legislation has withstood a number of
legal challenges by commercial treasure salvors, a very hopeful
sign for the long-term pres ervation of this nonrenewable type of
cultural resource. The underwater archaeological discoveries of
1995 were particularly noteworthy. The Texas Historical Commission
discovered the Belle, one of La Salle's ships, and the CSS Hunley
was found by a joint project of South Carolina and a private
nonprofit organization called NUMA."
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