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In this paper we demonstrate the results of underwater survey at Nan Madol, Federated States of Micronesia. Nan Madol are the ruins of a megalithic civilization composed of 95 small to large artificial islets made mostly of basalt, situated on a…

In Gogunsan Archipelago in Gunsan, explorations and underwater excavations have been conducted by the
National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage since 2021, and a total of 570 artifacts have been
recovered. This study introduced…

The awareness of protecting the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) has grown over the past decades around
the world as well as in Taiwan. In-Situ preservation is the international principle of management and
protecting the site. Following the…

This paper begins with introducing UNESCO’s Conventions focusing on different forms of heritage, namely land-based, underwater, movable, immovable, tangible and intangible, including the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater…

All underwater cultural heritage sites are related to people in land. To promote and demonstrate the protection of valuable and important underwater cultural heritage works, is not only to establish museums, organize exhibitions, produce films, or…

China has large number and various types of underwater cultural heritage resources, which altogether forms an essential part of China’s cultural heritage. In order to manage such valuable cultural resources, the nation has been playing the most…

This paper proposes that development of a fit-for purpose management to protect underwater cultural heritage
from negative impacts caused by fishing gear requires three elements; evidence-based characterisation of
impacts; understanding of the…

When the Research Department of the University of Medical Sciences of Bushehr was studying marine biomedicine around the Bushehr peninsula they inadvertently discovered some pottery fragments. They then reported it to the Bushehr province Cultural…

Over thirty years, underwater archaeology division at Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has gone through diverse stages and fulfilled assorted projects in marine waters, in cenotes (sinkholes) and inundates caves,…

India is surrounded by a vast coastline and encircled by a terrific riverine system. Due to this travellers and
merchants easily managed to reach India through sea and riverine connections along with the land routes. The trade
aspect enhanced other…