NOAA Central Library Seminars
Speaker: Hans Van Tilburg, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Research Archaeologist
Sponsors: NOAA Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ERG and NOAA Central Library
Summary: The ocean possesses historic as well as natural resources in the form of shipwrecks, sunken aircraft, and more. Maritime archaeology gives NOAA’s resource managers in the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries the tools for evaluating and protecting significant cultural properties underwater.
Keywords: maritime archaeology, cultural resources, historic properties
About the Speakers: Hans Van Tilburg ran a graduate program in maritime archaeology and history while at the University of Hawai`i, serves as a consultant to UNESCO’s international courses in underwater cultural heritage, and has been a maritime heritage coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries since 2003.
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