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When the Land Meets the Sea Della A. Scott-Ireton Editor Between the Devil and the Deep Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage WHEN THE LAND MEETS THE SEA: An ACUA and SHA Series Series Editors: Annalies Corbin, PAST Foundation, Columbus, OH, USA J.W. Joseph, New South Associates, Inc., Stone Mountain, GA, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8370 Della A. Scott-Ireton Editor Between the Devil and the Deep Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage Editor Della A. Scott-Ireton Florida Public Archaeology Network Pensacola, FL , USA ISSN 1869-6783 ISSN 1869-6791 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-8177-5 ISBN 978-1-4614-8178-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-8178-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013946419 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Foreword Archaeologists, cultural resource managers, and heritage professionals have long been engaged in developing effective strategies for interpreting heritage sites for the public and in encouraging public participation with preservation efforts. Heritage attractions, interpreted displays, and museum exhibits draw local visitors and tourists and provide opportunities for education through recreation while promoting the local economy through heritage tourism. Maritime archaeologists and managers of underwater cul- tural resources recognize the benefi ts of interpretation as a tool for educating people about the value of nonrenewable resources and the need for protection of maritime sites on land and underwater. Popular strategies include developing shipwreck parks and heritage trails to encourage responsible visitation while providing recreational and educational experiences. Interpretive approaches including literature, Web-based prod- ucts, and various media enable diving and nondiving visitors to learn about our mari- time past. In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, however, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to meet challenges and to overcome problems. These issues include interpreting sites in inaccessible locations and extremely deep water, enabling and/or controlling access to fragile sites and restricted areas, monitoring visitor behavior, making information interesting to a wide audience, and creating opportunities for public engagement, among other concerns. This volume brings together a diverse group of heritage professionals to discuss issues they have encountered and to present ideas and case studies for adapting, improvising, and overcoming. The following chapters are based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology’s 45th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, held in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2012. Symposium participants were invited to expand their papers for publication in this volume, paying special atten- tion to the unique challenges they face and offering suggestions and ideas for meet- ing them. This volume is intended to impart cutting-edge interpretation and public engagement strategies for maritime heritage sites, both on land and under water, with an emphasis on solving the unique problems often associated with presenting v vi Foreword these fragile, limited- accessible sites as heritage attractions and with developing effective visitation and civic engagement opportunities. The ideas, case studies, and examples presented will serve as models for resource managers, archaeolo- gists engaged in interpretation, and site administrators, and, we hope, will offer inspiration for future generations of heritage professionals. Pensacola , FL, USA Della A. Scott-Ireton Acknowledgments Many thanks are extended to the contributors to this volume, whose groundbreaking research and cutting-edge interpretive strategies enable us all to know more about our maritime past. Their willingness to share their challenges, thoughts, ideas, and lessons learned is most appreciated. Thanks also to Annalies Corbin of the PAST Foundation for her help in secur- ing this work for the Advisory Council on underwater Archaeology and Society for Historical Archaeology’s “When the Land Meets the Sea” Series and to Teresa Krauss of Springer for her unfailing good humor, helpfulness, and advice. vii Contents Part I Challenges in Public Access and Engagement 1 Toward Multivocality in Public Archaeology: Public Empowerment Through Collaboration ..................................... 3 John H. Jameson Jr. 2 Connecting the Wrecks: A Case Study in Conveying the Importance of Submerged Cultural Heritage Through a Scaled Outreach Approach ................................................. 11 Alexis Catsambis and Kate Morrand 3 Out of Sight, Out of Mind and at Risk: The United Kingdom Public’s Engagement with Heritage ................. 27 Christopher J. Underwood 4 Connecting People to the Past: An Ethnographic Approach to Maritime Heritage Interpretation and Recreation .......................... 43 Irina T. Sorset 5 Management of Submerged Cultural Heritage: Public Outreach Examples as a Result of the Section 106 Process.................................. 55 Christopher Horrell 6 Shifting Sand: A Model for Facilitating Public Assistance in Coastal Archaeology ........................................................................... 63 Justin J. Bensley and Victor T. Mastone 7 “Public” and “the Public” in Italian Underwater Archaeology: A Sardinian Perspective ......................................................................... 73 Massimiliano Secci ix
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