HUAED WEBINAR: HERITAGE AND UNDERWATER

ARCHAEOLOGY EDUCATION

DIVING

Why you… How you’ll benefit…

What to expect…

BUILD AROUND YOUR HERITAGE SKELETON

Take responsibility for your past, present, and future by learning heritage and underwater archaeological theory, methodology, “ship wreckords”, and more

WHAT IS HUAED?• HUAED is an idea that aims to educate everyday

people from all backgrounds about the principles, methodologies and issues concerning underwater heritage and archaeology

• Through the simple process of a Webinar and Conference, future divers and diving instructors come together, forming a collective conscious towards the conservation of underwater heritage, while initiating a negotiable dialogue for future diving lessons

• This Webinar answers why you should consider coming to the HUAED Lecture Assembly, how you will benefit, and what you can expect from the Conference

HUAED = HU-AID

TO AID HUMANITY

WHY YOU?• You are the future passengers of our underwater

environment, and it’s your choice whether you will help or harm its safety and preservation

• Use your inspiration for diving to humanise the discipline, becoming part of a generation of divers that respects heritage, and condemns the treasure and technology obsessed generations of the past (Flatman: 2007, 80)

• Combine your interests in diving and underwater archaeology now, avoiding the complications of becoming a diver first, and archaeologist second (Bass 1966)

• To have as many people from different academic and cultural backgrounds as possible to develop a common understanding on the multi‐disciplinary nature of Maritime Archaeology (Cultural Heritage Connections 2015)

• Diversify your current diving ability and knowledge, increasing your level of employability and attractiveness for joining maritime projects

• Its your chance to tailor your diving career towards the cultural heritage and periods of history you love, whether it be recreationally, academically, or business motivated

• Use your passion for photography to capture your own photo graphic record, and help contribute to the world’s lack of digital photographic material regarding maritime heritage

SEE YOURSELF HERE?

HOW YOU’LL BENEFIT

• Being taught specific training and knowledge of Underwater Archaeology that is primarily offered only at universities and private institutes

• Diving instructors get to meet diving enthusiasts, and vice versa, in a friendly environment, beginning a relationship founded upon respect for heritage

• Initiates a negotiable dialogue with diving instructors and students towards future diving certification

• Gaining a step ahead of other divers by developing a value-conscious and ethical ideology concerning underwater heritage and archaeology

• Discover the roles and responsibilities of archaeologists, particularly concerning archaeology under water

• Understanding why you dive in the first place, and deciding how you will conduct yourself underwater

• Learning how the surviving material remains can be affected by human activity before, during, and after the destruction/crisis event (Gibbs 2006)

• Understanding the processes that determine the formation of underwater site environments (what you see)

• Being told the contemporary issues facing underwater heritage and archaeology in a clear and concise fashion

• Learning vital aspects of the law regarding the sea, such as the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Sites

HELP PRESERVE WORLD HERITAGE

WHAT TO EXPECT

Theory and purpose of archaeology

• Learn how to distinguish between the disciplines of archaeology that are relevant to underwater activity

• Find out the nature and expected outcomes of archaeology, enabling you to conceptualise the life cycle of an archaeological process

• Identifying the desired outcomes that are expected from archaeological projects

• Acquire skills and knowledge concerning values towards underwater heritage and archaeology

• Learn about site formation processes, explaining how archaeological material ends up looking the way it does.

• Be given information on how to get involved in Maritime Archaeology

Underwater archaeological methodologies

Learn the types of methods Maritime Archaeologists use today

• Remote sensing (aka magnetometer)

Diver-Tow Surveying

Underwater photography and videography

Non-disturbance survey, recording & material

detection

Others (dredging, sampling)

Equipment, technology, digitisation, and software

See what types of equipment and software Maritime Archaeologists use today

• Remote Sensing Technology

Underwater photographic and video

technology

Software for archaeological digitization

Basic useful archaeological equipment for

underwater recording and excavation

“Ship Wreckords”

See case studies of archaeological investigations on Classical, Byzantine, and 16th century AD Maritime Heritage

• CAPE SOUNION

ARCHAEOLOGICA

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INVESTIGATION:

SOUNION,

SOUTHERN

ATTICA, GREECE

• MARZAMEMI II SHIPWRECK, AKA “THE CHURCH WRECK”

• MARY ROSE, WARSHIP OF HENRY VIII

Contemporary Issues and Legal Framework

• Learn the major issues that are affecting worldwide Maritime Heritage

• Be exposed to the law that governs the worldwide protection of Maritime Heritage (UNESCO 2009)

• Find out where Greece is lacking in its stance towards protecting its Maritime Heritage resources

• Gain valuable insights into the way archaeology is influenced by political motives, and a treasure hunting/technologically obsessed diving society

• Be empowered with legal knowledge that enables you to be an advocate for your own heritage

• See an ethics Case Study, experiencing the thought process of making a conflicting ethical decision in regards to archaeological participation

Any Questions?

–John F. Kennedy

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to

watch - we are going back from whence we came.”

REFERENCESBass, G. (1966). Archaeology Under Water. New York: Frederick A Praeger.

Cultural Heritage Connections (2015). UNESCO fieldschool for Underwater Cultural Heritage. Available from: http://www.culturalheritageconnections.org/wiki/UNESCO_fieldschool_for_Underwater_Cultural_Heritage [Accessed 15th Mar 2015]

Flatman, J. (2007). The origins and ethics of maritime archaeology. Public Archaeology. Vol. 6(2): 77-97.

Gibbs, M (2006). Cultural Site Formation Processes in Maritime Archaeology: Disaster Response, Salvage and Muckelroy 30 Years on. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 35(1): 4–19.

UNESCO (2009). The UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Sites. [Online] Available from: http://www.unesco.nl/sites/default/files/dossier/gb-2001convention-infokit_07-2009.pdf?download=1 [Accessed: 3 Feb 2014].

Thankyou, and see you at the Conference!