The Archaeology of Manila Galleons - Poster
This poster deals with the known Manila Galleons found to date. Unfortunately treasure hunters have salvaged most of them and little information if any is accessible to researchers. However, archaeological projects are currently active on sites regarding such ships. The Archaeology of Manila Galleons has the potential to understand diverse aspects of the exchange and interaction that took place between Asia and the Spanish Empire, as well as to shed light on the ships themselves, which were built in the Philippines to Spanish shipwright traditions and remain a mystery in many ways.
Roberto Junco
November 2011
Crossing Cultures - Poster
For the first time in the history of South West Coast of India, a variety of archaeological evidence for the long distance maritime exchanges was unearthed at Pattanam (N. Lat. 10° 09.434’; E Long 76° 12.587’). The ca 4 m thick cultural\ deposit of Pattanam may be defined into five cultural periods spanning three millennia since 1000 BCE. Four seasons of excavations by KCHR, in about 650 sq. m dug up area, produced 39,846 antiquities and about three million (29,83178) pottery sherds. The excavations also revealed remains of brick architecture - warehouse, wharf/jetty and residential/industrial structures, wooden canoe and a plethora of biological remains. The poster illustrates the major finds and cross cultural connections suggesting Pattanam could be part of the legendary port of Muziris.
A full scale version of the poster can be downloaded from this location:
https://rapidshare.com/files/721815335/Muziris_Poster_v_final2.pdf
P J Cherian
K P Shajan
V Selvakumar
M Nambirajan
K Rajan
November 2011
They Have Stories to Tell - Poster
A shipwreck is like a book from the past, waiting to be opened and interpreted for the enjoyment of all humanity. Each object has an important story to tell, which can only be read if its location relative to other objects in the wreck is scientifically analyzed. Indiscriminate excavation displaces objects, preventing us to read the secrets each item wish to divulge. So, let us preserve them in situ until we have adequate resources to discover their secrets.
Montakarn Suvanatap
Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building Programme on Underwater Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Bangkok Field Office
Email: m.suvanatap@unesco.org
www.unescobkk.org/culture/uch
November 2011
Keep It Safe - Poster
Underwater cultural heritage can only be safeguarded if we acknowledge it to be our shared heritage, not a treasure to be looted and sold. The 2001 Convention offers an opportunity for countries to cooperate in protecting underwater cultural heritage wherever it is located in the open seas. Without international cooperation, our common legacy continues to be at risk.
Montakarn Suvanatap
Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building Programme on Underwater Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Bangkok Field Office
Email: m.suvanatap@unesco.org
www.unescobkk.org/culture/uch
November 2011
Nautical Angkor: The Social Life of Boats in the Khmer Empire
Poster
<h2>This poster examines boats as depicted in bas reliefs in the Bayon temple that represent the everyday life of the Khmer empire during the 12th century.</h2>
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<h2>Click here to see the poster: <a title="Angkor Boats Poster" href="http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/posters/Angkor_Boats.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/posters/Angkor_Boats.pdf</a></h2>
Veronica Walker Vadillo
November 2011
JPAC Underwater Geographic Information System (UGIS)
The mission of the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) is "to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts." To support this mission objective, JPAC is developing an Underwater Geographic Information System (UGIS) that will be used to inventory, manage and analyze a complex historical record, integrate numerous disparate databases, and analyze marine remote sensing and environmental data sets related to underwater military losses.
Dr. Stefan Claesson
Dr. Andrew Pietruzska
Richard Wills
November 2011
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command US Department of Defense
Recording the Indigenous Maritime Cultural Landscape and Seascape in Saipan
The goal of this project is to work with the community of Saipan to record their heritage and explain their long standing relationship with the sea. Historical, ethnographic and archaeological data is being recorded to understand the maritime cultural landscape and seascape of Saipan.
Julie Mushynsky
Herman Tudela
Genevieve Cabrera
Jennifer McKinnon
November 2011