UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2024

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution," at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This symposium focuses on risks to heritage from a variety of factors and discusses possible tools for mitigation. The UN Decade for Ocean Science is discussed as a vehicle for adding maritime archaeology and UCH to the global discussions of ocean science. Crucial case studies will bring this issue to light as well as Blue Growth, a development factor affecting cultural heritage. Additionally, SHA created the Heritage at Risk Committee (HARC) to promote research on endangered sites, build best practices for public engagement, and develop resources. This session celebrates ongoing work by committee members who shine a light on climate change and other impacts, highlight partnerships between multidisciplinary professionals and the public, and collaborate with other committees. Papers will describe historic sites and impacts, but also offer recommendations to protect cultural resources showing how through aligning multidisciplinary ocean heritage mitigation strategies, we can engage and integrate the protection of UCH.

Other Keywords
heritage at risk • Ocean Decade • Management • Adaptation • Climate Change • Cultural Heritage • Coastal Archaeology • Sea Level Rise • Interdisciplinary • sustainable development

Geographic Keywords
Southeastern United States • global • West Africa • Varied • MA

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  • The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme: Linking Heritage to Marine Sciences to achieve the Ocean Decade's Societal Challenges (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Georgia Holly.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Dr. Holly, Project Manager of the Ocean Decade Heritage Network's Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP), will introduce the primary aims, objectives, and methodologies of the programme. The CHFP is an official action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development...

  • Exploring Climate Change Adaptations for Coastal and Underwater Archaeology with the ADAPT Tool (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeneva Wright. Morris Hylton III. Caroline Watson.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The transition from understanding climate change vulnerability to developing possible adaptation strategies for coastal and underwater archaeological sites is challenging. Constrained resources, compliance pathways, meaningful stakeholder engagement, and the risk of maladaptation are factors...

  • Increasing Ocean Literacy and Citizen Science Opportunities for Submerged Cultural Resources in Florida: An Update (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah E. Miller. Lori Lee.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2017 the United Nations General Assembly declared the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). In response, the newly formed Heritage at Risk Committee sponsored its first session in partnership with UNESCO committee in 2018 in New Orleans. In that session Miller...

  • Marine Cultural Heritage and Global Challenges. Challenge-led research toward the sustainability of our Oceans (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Arturo Rey da Silva.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Marine Cultural Heritage, including tangible and intangible traces of human interaction with the marine environment, is largely affected by increasing development factors and global challenges. Its study and protection have been influenced by the Cartesian divide between nature and culture,...

  • "Mississippi Street Was Eaten by the Sea": Urgent Threats to Coastal Heritage in Liberia (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan Crutcher.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the last 20 years, Mississippi Street in Greenville, Liberia—once a thriving neighborhood—has been completely submerged in the Atlantic. At the current rate, by the end of the United Nations Ocean Decade in 2030, sea level will have risen over 30 millimeters. The world’s wealthiest...

  • Multi-use and Multi-vocal Challenges of Preserving UCH in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Calvin Mires. Benjamin Haskell. Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. When SBNMS was established in 1992 it was charged with the mission to protect all resources within its boundaries, cultural and natural, but also was mandated to permit fishing activities. This situation created a challenge for managers to protect UCH while allowing anthropogenic behavior...

  • Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Incorporating the UN Decade for Ocean Science into Underwater Cultural Heritage Management and Protection (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Charlotte A K Jarvis.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. While the UN Decade for Ocean Science (2021-2030) has hundreds of endorsed ocean science activities, projects, and programmes relating to natural heritage and ocean biosciences, there are very few endorsements that focus on cultural heritage. The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme, led by...