Developing Community Engagement in Icelandic Maritime Archaeology: Where to Begin?

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This paper aims to discuss the current state of maritime archaeology within Iceland, and highlights the challenges within the field which need to be overcome in order to improve the management of sites. The management and monitoring of underwater sites in particular in Iceland is severely deficient due to a number of factors, and elsewhere professionals are increasingly turning towards community engagement methods to overcome some of these issues faced. This paper therefore evaluates the possibilities of community engagement in maritime archaeology within Iceland. It also evaluates the understanding of the various methods and terminology related to community engagement techniques, and if this is understood within the Icelandic archaeology profession. A community maritime archaeology pilot study, as well as surveys and interviews with archaeologists, sports divers, and heritage managers, form the basis for recommendations made within this paper for future improvements in both engagement and the management of underwater sites.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
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