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Environmental Shift and Multiple Memories of Ritual Landscape: Boat Ritual as Making Culture Heritage for the Nangshi Amis
The living environment of the Nangshi Amis group of eastern Taiwan has been modernized but marginalized by colonial pressure and nationalization....
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Potentially Polluting Wrecks and the Legal Duty to Protect Our Ocean Heritage
As said in the introduction to this book, the determination of a shipwreck as environmentally hazardous or potentially polluting does not negate its...
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Contemporary Heritage-Built Attractions
During his speech in Parliament on 5 November 1970, Edmund W. Barker, the National Development Minister at the time, expressed concerns about the...
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Weaknesses in the Law Protecting the United Kingdom’s Remarkable Underwater Cultural Heritage: The Need for Modernisation and Reform
Despite the United Kingdom (UK) having been regarded as one of the richest hotspots for underwater cultural heritage (UCH), its policy and practice...
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The Problem with ‘Digital Realism’ in Underwater Archaeology: Photogrammetric Digital 3D Visualization and Interpretation
This paper investigates the recently increased application of photogrammetric digital 3D modelling to underwater archaeology by reviewing its...
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The Duty to Protect Our Ocean Heritage from Bottom Trawling
This chapter seeks to provide an overview of the legal framework surrounding the protection of UCH as a part of the Marine Environment within the...
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The Challenges and Future of Environmental Archaeology in Mauritius
This paper considers the value of past and prospective applications of key environmental archaeological and earth science fields relating to the...
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Improving Capacity Development for Threatened Maritime and Marine Cultural Heritage Through the Evaluation of a Parameter Framework
Maritime cultural heritage is under increasing threat around the world, facing damage, destruction, and disappearance. Despite attempts to mitigate...
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Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage in South Africa
South Africa’s unique position, approximately the half-way point between Europe and the rich markets of the Indian Ocean and Far East, made it a key...
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Natural Heritage
Singapore's remarkable evolution into a garden city can be attributed to years of unwavering commitment and continuous efforts to embrace greenery....
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Conservation of waterlogged archaeological wood: what we can learn from the Vasa experience?
The Vasa , an impeccably preserved seventeenth-century ship, stands as a pinnacle of maritime heritage, drawing the highest visitor footfall to its...
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New Directions for the Development of Sustainable Tourism Using the Potential of the River
The article explores the possibility of maximizing the use of the river by the countries that use communication corridors. The new possibilities for...
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The Legal, Historical and Industrial Context of Underwater Heritage: Introduction
Interactions between commercial and industrial exploitation of the seabed and archaeological and scientific investigation have been at the heart of...
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The Ocean Decade Heritage Network: Integrating Cultural Heritage Within the UN Decade of Ocean Science 2021–2030
The Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 is a UN initiative that promotes a common framework for supporting stakeholders in...
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Pleasure and Aquastalgia
Recreational scuba diving has gradually shaped itself into an enjoyable adventure in the underwater realm, interpreted as a world distinct from...
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Evolving Hegemonies of Blue Heritage: From Ancient Greece to Today
This chapter unpacks the shifting hegemonies of blue heritage over time in the Bay of Ambelakia on Salamis Island in Greece. The area was the...
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Shell Midden Archaeology: Current Trends and Future Directions
Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal...
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Dinghai Bay Shipwrecks of Yuan and Ming Dynasties in Lianjiang of Fujian Province
Dinghai Bay is located on the north bank of Minjiang estuary in **aochen Town, Liangjiang County of Fuzhou, where is an important sea passage from...
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Management of Protected Areas: Challenges and Changes Affecting the Protected Marine Area of Porto Cesareo (Puglia Region), Italy
This chapter considers the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the protection of the marine environment, with a particular focus on the...