As intensified anthropogenic activities and altered global climate systems impose cumulative pressures on marine
biodiversity, their potential to provide tangible and intangible benefits to people and the planet might decrease, causing
degrading…
This paper’s theme fits the underwater excavation sites into media exhibition and implement of such exhibition.
Underwater excavation in Korea has a long history of over 40 years with the start of Sinan shipwreck excavation
in 1976 but it is still…
This paper shares the Mokpo Maritime Museum outcome of the 2022 program developed for children with
disabilities experience underwater cultural heritage (UCH). Materials on maritime exchanges between Asia and
Korea and history of ships are…
The underwater archeology museum mainly deals with archaeological and historical shipwrecks and artifacts from
ancient times to modern times as old as the history of marine activities of mankind, and has been operated with
the participation and…
This paper discusses the current challenges in the protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and proposes
the in-situ preservation and responsible accessibility of UCH sites as a strategy for their protection. The questions
in focus are the…
In 2022, undergraduate students from Georgia Southern University in Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. conducted one day
visual surveys and mapping exercises on five sites related to African American maritime history. As part of their
maritime archaeology…
Delivering education in underwater archaeology is challenging for a variety of reasons, including the requirements to
prepare archaeology students to become professional scientific divers. In practice, the discipline blends traditional
academic and…
Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) faces multiple threats, as stressed by UNESCO through the 2001 Convention on
the Protection of Underwater Cultural heritage and by the Ocean Decade Heritage Network (ODHN), such as treasure
hunting, looting, and…
The fifteenth and sixteenth century Cù Lao Chàm / Hoi An shipwreck’s cargo consists of several different types
of ceramics. This essay introduces three types of blue and white ware, based on their external appearance of
glaze, decorations, and…
This study investigates corrosion process through analysis of corrosion products and desalination solution as a
precedent study to present proper conservation treatment methods for iron artifacts collected from the middle
West Sea. Depending on the…