Many sites in the Philippines had been battlegrounds during World War II (WWII) that resulted in substantial
sinking of American and Japanese naval vessels. Advanced technology has significantly helped in locating these
shipwrecks and documenting…
This paper fits best within Session 27 New Technology and Interdisciplinary Strategies as it focuses on the status and
preservation of vernacular and historical boats and boat miniatures within Indonesian museum collections. The case
study under…
The use of visual media is an aspect of record keeping and a necessary component of outreach and community engagement in maritime archaeology. Recent technological innovations have created the need to acknowledge multiple available methods of…
The Far Eastern Foundation for Nautical Archaeology (FEFNA) have been working with the National Museum of the Philippines for twenty-eight years. The researches aim at illustrating the maritime history of the Philippines through excavations and…
The topic of the paper, entitled “The Jaluit Atoll TBD-1 Devastators: Archaeological Analysis, and Preservation
Assessment of a WWII Site,” best fits within the session, Underwater Cultural Heritage of World War II in the
Asia-Pacific Region:…
This paper deals with the utility, valorization, and sustainable development of underwater cultural
heritage in the Indian Ocean region. We outline how the process of valorizing underwater cultural
heritage has been undertaken in this specific…
The Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) carried out an underwater Archaeological exploration in the Eastern coastal area (From Trincomalee to Potuvill), from the 13th of July to the 26th of August of 2013. Measured and…