Full Description
Those charged with protection of resources falling within the public domain, including submerged sites, continuously strive to find the best management solutions. Given the advent of recreational diving in the last half century and advances in underwater survey and exploration technology, pressures have increased dramatically on submerged archaeological sites. Users of these p- lic resources fall into groups with various needs and agendas, including divers, fishermen, salvers, scientists, and the tourism industry (Kauru and Hoagland, 1994). To insure that all people are represented in the decision-making process, site managers have increasingly argued that public outreach and education is vitally important. "Without public appreciation of the importance of archa- logical sites and information," states one early proponent, "there can be no effective protection of sites. " Archaeologist Charles McGimsey (1972:6) c- tinues, ". . . the greater one's knowledge of archaeology, regardless of formal training in the subject, the greater the responsibility to take the initiative to lead, to teach, and to persuade others to do likewise. " Some also suggest that rather than rely solely on museum interpretive displays the public should be allowed to observe heritage resources in their original setting, which can strengthen the spirituality and meaningfulness of the experience (Carter and Horneman, 2001:67-68). Managers must be aware that from a purely archaeological perspective, public access is not a preferred option for those sites that still retain significant, undo- mented remains.
Contents
Not All Wet: Public Presentation, Stewardship, and Interpretation of Terrestrial vs. Underwater Sites.- The Value of Public Education and Interpretation in Submerged Cultural Resource Management.- Look Outwards, Reach Inwards, Pass It On: The Three Tenures of Underwater Cultural Heritage Interpretation.- Florida's Maritime Heritage Trail.- A Maritime Heritage Trail and Shipwreck Preserves for the Cayman Islands.- Creating a Shipwreck Trail: Documenting the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Wrecks.- Refocusing on Georgia's Rivers: The Role of Maritime Historical Archaeology in Waterfront Revitalization.- Lake George, New York: Making Shipwrecks Speak.- Diver Awareness Program - QAR Dive Down.- Not Just Another Piece of a Boat: Massachusetts' Shoreline Heritage Identification Partnerships Strategy (SHIPS).- Wrecked, Abandoned, and Forgotten?: Public Interpretation of Beached Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.- Outreach Beyond the Beach: Management of Historic Shipwrecks on the Outer Continental Shelf.- Unseen Battlefields: The Japanese Midget Sub at Pearl Harbor.- The View from the Hunley Recovery Team.- People Power this Submarine: H.L. Hunley within the Context of Public Archaeology.- Entering the Virtual World of Underwater Archaeology.
