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The Ryukyu Archipelago is well known for its beautiful ocean and coral reefs; and thanks to these beautiful oceans, scuba diving and snorkeling and have become one of the most important activities for its tourist industry of the archipelago. Around…

Yarabuoki site, which contains iron grapnel anchors and early modern Okinawa ceramic jars in 12 to 32 m depth off the western Coast of Ishigaki Island, was discovered by a local diver and reported to Okinawa Prefectural Archaeological Center. In…

The topic of this paper fits best within this Session 18: Revisiting the UNESCO Foundation and Advanced
Courses for Asia-Pacific: Status, Development, and Challenges because it reviews UNESCO’s capacity
building efforts and activities with an aim…

The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2001 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The convention acknowledges the importance of underwater cultural heritage as…

Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) is a newly developed interdisciplinary field in which historical research is
indispensable. According to the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of UCH, the desk-based study of
historical, archaeological,…

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, Korea is in a location of active maritime exchanges throughout history. Before the development of shipbuilding and navigation, people sometimes chose to navigate while visually observing surrounding land.…