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Research, protection and evaluation of Sicilian and Mediterranean marine cultural heritage

Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2009
Underwater archaeology in the Mediterranean should be based on a comprehensive, deep knowledge of a wide context of cultural environment. It is impossible to carry out an in-depth study of a specific wreck or site without having an overall cultural as ...
Sebastiano Tusa
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A Risk Assessment of Underwater Cultural Heritage for Wave-Induced Hazards: The Impact of Climate Change on Cadiz Bay

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
The combination of future changes in sea levels and wave climate in coastal areas represents one of the greatest threats to the preservation of underwater cultural heritage (UCH).
C. Ferrero-Martín, A. Izquierdo, M. Bethencourt, T. Fernández-Montblanc   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

iBLUECULTURE: A NOVEL SYSTEM OF REAL-TIME UNDERWATER IMAGE TRANSMISSION IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT, AS A NEW MANAGERIAL APPROACH FOR UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
. The Mediterranean is rich in ancient and modern shipwrecks and submerged sites of great archaeological, historical, and cultural value. Most of those sites tend to be relatively unknown, even to people living in the area, mostly due to the inherent ...
A. Vlachos, S. Krinidis, K. Papadimitriou, A. Manglis, A. Fourkiotou, D. Tzovaras   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Broadening the semiaquatic scene: Quantification of long bone microanatomy across pinnipeds

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Investigations of bone microanatomy are commonly used to explore lifestyle strategies in vertebrates. While distinct microanatomical limb bone features have been established for exclusively aquatic and terrestrial lifestyles, identifying clear patterns for the semiaquatic lifestyle remains more challenging.
Apolline Alfsen, Christian de Muizon, Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Antonia R. Kaffler, Matthew R. McCurry, Alexandra Houssaye, Rafael M. Varas‐Malca, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi, Oliver Hampe, Eli Amson   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deepening the understanding of wreck ecology: a comparative study of marine sediment microbiomes across 10 Maltese wreck sites

Frontiers in Marine Science
The anthropogenic influences of historical shipwrecks on the marine environment remain largely uncharacterized, particularly for wrecks located at depths of ~50 meters and lost over 80 years ago.
Emma Bolton, Nadine Greenhalgh, Emily Kunselman, Jasmine Mifsud, Neem Patel, Maja Pace Sausmekat, Phoebe Oldach, Timmy Gambin   +7 more
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The Marine Provisions of the Heritage Bill 2008 [PDF]

, 2009
This article examines the provision of the Heritage Bill 2008 relating to the protection of the United Kingdom‘s underwater cultural heritage. Currently such protection is principally afforded by the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, a temporary and very ...
Williams, Mike
core   +1 more source

Automated Feature Extraction and Classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets in the Puck Lagoon via Multisensor Remote Sensing

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski, Andrzej Pydyn, Mateusz Popek, Anna M. Kotarba‐Morley, Paweł Tysiąc   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underwater Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict: An Analysis under the 1954 Hague Convention

Santander Art & Culture Law Review
This article explores the protection of underwater cultural heritage under the umbrella of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict as a guide ...
Elena Perez-Alvaro
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Opaque ancient K2O–PbO–SiO2 glass of the Southern Song Dynasty with fluorite dendrites and its fabrication

Heritage Science, 2019
Here we first report a piece of K2O–PbO–SiO2 ancient glass opacified by fluorite dendrites with archaeological background. This piece of glass was excavated from Nanhai I shipwreck, a merchant ship once heading for Southeast Asia, but sinking near ...
Yihang Zhou, Yuewen Jin, Kai Wang, Jian Sun, Yong Cui, Dongbo Hu   +5 more
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Exploring underwater archaeology findings with a diving simulator in virtual reality

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022
With Virtual Reality (VR) technology maturing and spreading widely in recent years, it is becoming an increasingly useful tool for entertainment and education alike.
David A. Plecher, Leonard Keil, Guy Kost, Max Fiederling, Christian Eichhorn, Gudrun Klinker   +5 more
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