2017 Session 8: Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites and Conservation of Wet Archaeological Materials

2017 Session 8: Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites and Conservation of Wet Archaeological Materials

This session will focus on in-situ preservation and conservation management issues, conservation analyses and treatments, and applied conservation research of archaeological materials from underwater cultural heritage sites. The main purpose of this session is to encourage the exchange of ideas and practices as well as to encourage the development of conservation networks throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Presentations, posters and workshops are invited that address any of the following areas:

• In situ preservation of underwater cultural heritage sites, including reburial practices
• Conservation management of underwater cultural heritage sites, including on-site monitoring
• Conservation treatment case studies
• Research into the analysis and treatment of wet archaeological materials
• Review of the status of wet archaeological conservation programs in the Asia Pacific region
• Development of collaborative conservation research and treatment programs

Vicki Richards
PhD candidate, University of WA

Jon Carpenter
Western Australian Museum, Australia

Mi Young Cha
National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage
Republic of Korea