“The early days” – underwater prehistoric archaeology in the USA and Canada

Garrison, Ervan G.; Hale, Jessica Cook

doi:10.1080/15564894.2020.1783399

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“…In contrast to the USA (Olsen et al, 2014), Canada 10 (Quig, 2004;Jones et al, 2021; see also Garrison and Hale, 2020) and the United Kingdom (Wickham-Jones, 2010), prehistoric cultural heritage in Australia has yet to be acknowledged as a critical resource in any part of the coastal or marine planning process, or in any nationally-coordinated seabed mapping, marine benthic studies or other related research. If the Australian commitment towards holistic marine management is to be achieved, then some revision is needed of environmental legislation within the marine environment.…”

Section: The Way Ahead -Ecosystem-based and Community-led Managementmentioning

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‘Out of sight, out of mind’ - towards a greater acknowledgment of submerged prehistoric resources in Australian science-policy as part of a common heritage

2022

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There is growing awareness of the need for greater acknowledgement of underwater prehistoric cultural resources as part of management and regulation of the seabed around many maritime countries, especially those with large indigenous populations and history such as Australia. Prehistoric cultural places and landscapes inundated by Post-glacial sea-level rise on Australia’s continental shelf remain largely out-of-sight and out-of-mind, hence awareness and hence legal protection of this resource is lacking. There is a clear need for greater integration of archaeology and cultural heritage management within the marine sciences as well as a greater awareness of this resource as part of a common heritage more generally. This paper explores some of the dichotomies between Western and Indigenous cultures in valuing and managing the seabed. We argue that in developing science-policy, an attempt at least needs to be made to bridge both the gap between the nature and culture perspectives, and the jurisdictional divide between land and sea. Part of the answer lies in a convergence of Indigenous knowledge with Western science approaches, focused around our understanding of physical processes impacting past and present coastal landscapes and on the seabed itself. We explore several case studies from northern and Western Australia that are trying to do this, and which are helping to provide a greater appreciation of the inundated landscapes of the inner shelf as part of a common heritage.

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Section: The Way Ahead -Ecosystem-based and Community-led Managementmentioning

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‘Out of sight, out of mind’ - towards a greater acknowledgment of submerged prehistoric resources in Australian science-policy as part of a common heritage

2022

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Anthropological Archaeology Underwater

Lemke

2024

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Anthropological archaeology underwater is a new field. What type of research is this and how do anthropologists go about it? When most people hear the phrase 'underwater archaeology', they think of shipwrecks and dramatic images of lost ships at sea, but the underwater archaeological record is vast. In addition to historic vessels, water preserves some of the oldest landscapes on the planet. While archaeologists are interested in the past, those working underwater apply the latest technologies to provide fresh understandings about ancient human behaviour. Underwater environments provide preservation that is unmatched on land and therefore the data collected is novel – providing information about human lifeways and creating a picture of the past we would otherwise never see. This Element will explore the world of anthropological archaeology underwater, focusing on submerged sites, and review the techniques, data, and theoretical perspectives which are offering new insights into the human story.

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Global experience in locating submerged prehistoric sites and their relevance to research on the American continental shelves

Flemming

2020

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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“The early days” – underwater prehistoric archaeology in the USA and Canada

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

‘Out of sight, out of mind’ - towards a greater acknowledgment of submerged prehistoric resources in Australian science-policy as part of a common heritage

‘Out of sight, out of mind’ - towards a greater acknowledgment of submerged prehistoric resources in Australian science-policy as part of a common heritage

Anthropological Archaeology Underwater

Global experience in locating submerged prehistoric sites and their relevance to research on the American continental shelves

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