The State of Underwater Archaeology in The 21st Century: A State Perspective

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Underwater Archaeology In The 21st Century: From Humble Beginnings To Integration With Anthropology And Archaeology", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This presentation looks back to the 1981 article, "Nautical Archaeology: Coming of Age, But Facing an Identity Crisis," penned by John Broadwater and both presented at the 12th Conference on Underwater Archaeology and included in its proceedings. That paper described the discipline 20 years into its formal development and posited a number of steps to see its growth. Whether or not these have been met, are still relevant, or have evolved in a completely different way, is considered from the perspective of one State Historic Preservation Office(SHPO), albeit one that has has had a maritime archaeology program for more than 35 of the ensuing 40 years. The relationship of the SHPO to other government agencies, academia, the private sector, and the general public, especially in light of constantly shifting circumstances and sometimes dramatic challenges, is also considered.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• Underwater Archaeology In The 21st Century: From Humble Beginnings To Integration With Anthropology And Archaeology

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