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Women in US Cultural Resource Management: Stories of Courage, Ingenuity, Perseverance, and Intellect
The cultural resource management (CRM) field developed in response to managing historical places of archaeological, architectural, and historical...
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World and Marine Heritages
UNESCOUNESCO remains key to the global management of heritageheritage. For decades, UNESCO conceived of heritage as a territorialised asset, even...
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The Cerbère-Banyuls Marine Nature Reserve
This chapter examines the case of the Cerbère-Banyuls Marine Nature Reserve (MNR). After presenting a brief history of the MNR and detailing the...
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Act Local: Climate-Change Policy at the County Level in South Florida
Climate change is at the forefront of local government policy in south Florida. Impacts to archaeological and historical sites, however, are often...
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Maritime Archaeology and Capacity Development in the Global South
The Honor Frost Foundation sponsored a session, ‘Maritime Archaeology, Capacity Building and Training in the Develo** World’ at the Sixth...
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Local Knowledge and Change in a Small Fishing Community in Cyprus: Implications for Social and Cultural Sustainability
This chapter explores the question of social and cultural sustainability for a small fishing community in Cyprus undergoing transition in light of...
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Trading Places: Negotiating Place in World Heritage
Long-distance trade left behind cultural traces around the world. These cultural footprints are now often considered “global” and “shared” cultural...
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Too Little, Too Late? Redefining the Legacy of HMAS Perth (I), an Australian Warship Sunk in Indonesian Waters
Australian warship HMAS Perth (I) was sunk during the Battle of the Sunda Strait in 1942, claiming the lives of 353 men. It was not until 2017 that...
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Sustainable Fisheries
Fish play a vital role in reducing hunger and improving nutrition. As well as providing crucial health benefits, fisheries generate employment...
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The Virtual Wild: Exploring the Intersection of Virtual Reality and Natural Environments
This chapter considers the potential of virtual reality (VR) technology in fostering mental well-being and raising environmental consciousness. As...
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Nanhai No. 1 Shipwreck off Yangjiang (阳江) Coast of Guangdong
The "Nanhai No. 1" shipwreck is located in the waters between Taishan and Yangjiang in Guangdong Province. It was discovered in late 1980s. In 2007,...
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Hiroshima Prefecture and the British Commonwealth Occupation Force: ‘Operation Lewisite’ and Its Legacy of Seafloor Relic Munitions
Following Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, the Pacific was inundated with war-related infrastructure, as well as military hardware...
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The Shape of Things: Archaeology, Environmentalism, and Plastic
The archaeology of plastic is many things at once: an environmental crisis, a growing impact on existing maritime and terrestrial archaeological...
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Breathing Under Water: Scuba Diving as Multisensory Experience
This chapter focuses on the underwater multisensory experience. The allure of the ocean depths is conceived as an “alternative world,” with scuba...
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Indigenous/Endogenous Sea Peoples: Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Regeneration Prospects
Indigenous and Endogenous subsistence Sea Peoples are suffering deeply from expropriation and decline of traditional coastal resources they have...
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Concluding Statement
The grim reality of potentially polluting legacy wrecks presents a multifaceted threat that extends far beyond the decaying hulks on the ocean floor....
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Theoretical Basis for Space Archaeology
Space archaeology takes space technologies as research means and tool carriers. First, it can improve archaeologists’ ability and work efficiency for...
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Environmental Education
Environmental education is an essential component of a sustainable planet. A movement with over 50 years of history, lessons learnt and an imperative...