The Management of Neglect
Author(s): Robert Peacock
Year: 2013
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to stimulate discusion with in the maritime archaeological field.
The discussion is focused on the situation with ih england (uk).
Over the last 25 years we have moved away from an era of discovery and learing through sensible investigation of sites to a position where we largly do nothing.
By using my personal experience as (licencee and direction of operations) over the last 25 years while working on the Stirling Castle, (a 3rd rate man of war) that adopting a passive policy of in situe preserveration without physically protecting the site has led to the ship being physically destroyed by natural processes over the last 10 years
Cite this Record
The Management of Neglect. Robert Peacock. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428596)
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Keywords
General
in situ
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physical protection.
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UNESCO
Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
Post-medieval
Spatial Coverage
min long: -8.158; min lat: 49.955 ; max long: 1.749; max lat: 60.722 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 724