Maritime archaeology in Northern Ireland

Antiquity ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (292) ◽  
pp. 505-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Williams ◽  
Tom McErlean
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Maritime Archaeology ◽  
Irish Studies ◽  
Maritime Cultural Landscape ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Strangford Lough ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
Environment Agency

IntroductionThe study of maritime archaeology is a relatively new activity in Northern Ireland. This paper introduces the approach that has been adopted in investigating the maritime cultural landscape and takes a detailed look at the maritime archaeology of Strangford Lough.Only in the last decade has government in Northern Ireland been responsible for the management of maritime archaeology. The Department of the Environment agency, Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), administers the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in Northern Ireland's territorial waters. Having no knowledge of the subject and faced with the management of shipwrecks, EHS Grst created a register of known shipwrecks. A Senior Fellow, Colin Breen, was appointed in 1993 in the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. Using docurnentary sourc:es such as Lloyd's List and Lloyd's Register, together with Parlianientary Sessional papers and many other documentary sources, he identified some 3000 wrecks around Northern Ireland’s short coastline (Breen 1996).

scholarly journals A Life Less than Ordinary: The Schooner Ocean (1821–1865)

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Pink ◽  
Julian Whitewright
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Full Extent ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Maritime Cultural Landscape ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThe East Winner Bank Shipwreck takes its name from the southern sandbank on Hayling Island near Portsmouth, UK. Examination of the wreck indicates a 19th-century carvel-built vessel. The sandbank is an active environment, meaning the wreck is rarely exposed to its full extent. Discussed here is work completed on the site before and during the social-distancing restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Documentary sources and previous detailed surveys suggest a possible identification for the wreck. The site appears to be an example of an everyday 19th-century coastal trading vessel, rarely explored archaeologically in the UK, with potential to contribute to discussions of the maritime technologies and maritime cultural landscape of regular folk. The investigation represents an excellent example of combining historical and archaeological data sets to further the interpretation of both sources, revealing details about the ship and its lasting impact on this stretch of coastline.

scholarly journals A historiography of Angkor’s river network: shifting the research paradigm to Westerdahl’s Maritime Cultural Landscape | ការសិក្សាអំពីប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃបណ្តាញផ្លូវទឹកនៅតំបន់អង្គរ៖ ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរគម្រូនៃការស្រាវជ្រាវទៅការសិក្សាផ្នែកវប្បធម៌ទេសភាពតាមផ្លូវទឹករបស់ Westerdahl

SPAFA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Walker Vadillo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
River Network ◽  
River Networks ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Maritime Cultural Landscape ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Made In

This article is an overview of the work that has been conducted so far on river usage and nautical technology in the history of Angkor, and a discussion on how maritime approaches can contribute to the creation of new knowledge by opening new lines of research that can help us reconstruct a more nuanced view of Angkor’s fluvial history. Although Angkor’s connection to the river network was made in the early 20th century, the compartmentalized studies that have been carried out so far on the subject of Angkor’s relationship to its watery environment have resulted in interpretations that do not reflect the complexity of the subject. It will be argued here that archaeologists who do not integrate maritime approaches in studies of cultures like Angkor, where waterways play an important role in their environment, are likely to miss important aspects of fluvial cultures. By applying concepts such as the Maritime Cultural Landscape, it will be possible to push beyond the boundaries of terrestrial approaches and discover how the environmental conditions of cultures like Angkor – with river networks as the main means of communication – resulted in the development of specific cognitive and functional traits that gave form to fluvial cultural landscapes. An example of such an approach is offered as a conclusion in an analysis of masonry bridges in Angkor’s transport network.ជាទិដ្ឋភាពរួមនៃការងារស្រាវជ្រាវដែលបានធ្វើកន្លងមក ស្តីពីការប្រើប្រាស់ទន្លេ និងបច្ចេកវិទ្យាផ្លូវទឹក ក្នុងប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្ររាជធានីអង្គរ ហើយជាការជជែកថាតើមធ្យោបាយផ្លូវសមុទ្រអាចរួមចំណែកដល់ការបង្កើតចំណេះដឹងថ្មី តាមរយៈការបើកខ្សែស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីដែលអាចជួយយើងឱ្យច្នៃឡើងវិញនូវគំហើញលាយឡំពីប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រផ្លូវទន្លេរបស់រាជធានីអង្គរ។ ទោះបីទំនាក់ទំនងរាជធានីអង្គរជាមួយបណ្តាញទន្លេត្រូវបានសិក្សារួចហើយកាលពីដើមសតវត្សទី២០នោះ ការសិក្សាដោយបែងចែកតាមផ្នែកដែលបានធ្វើរួចកន្លងមក លើប្រធានបទ សម្ព័ន្ធភាពរាជធានីអង្គរ ចំពោះបរិស្ថានផ្លូវទឹកបានបង្កឱ្យមានការបកស្រាយដែលមិនឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងពីភាពសាំញ៉ាំនៃ ប្រធានបទនេះទេ។ អ្វីដែលត្រូវ ដេញដោលនៅក្នុងអត្ថបទនេះគឺបុរាណវិទូ ដែលមិនបញ្ចូលមធ្យោបាយផ្លូវសមុទ្រ ចូលក្នុងការសិក្សាវប្បធម៌ដែលដូចរាជធានីអង្គរ ដែលផ្លូវទឹកដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់ ក្នុងបរិស្ថានតំបន់នោះ ទំនងជាភ្លេចចំណុចសំខាន់នៃវប្បធម៌ផ្លូវទន្លេហើយ។ តាមរយៈការអនុវត្តទស្សនាទានដូចជាទេសភាពវប្បធម៌ផ្លូវសមុទ្រ អ្វីដែលអាចទៅរួច គឺការរុញឱ្យផុតព្រំដែនមធ្យោបាយផ្លូវគោក ហើយរកមើលថាតើលក្ខណ្ឌបរិយាកាសនៃវប្បធម៌ដូចរាជធានីអង្គរ ដែលមានប្រព័ន្ធទន្លេ ជាមធ្យោបាយប្រាស្រ័យទាក់ទងចម្បង បង្កឱ្យមានការអភិវឌ្ឍសញ្ញាណចំណេះ និងមុខងារជាក់លាក់ដែលបង្កើតជា ទេសភាពវប្បធម៌ផ្លូវទន្លេយ៉ាងណា។ ឧទាហរណ៍មួយនៃមធ្យោបាយបែបនេះ នឹងផ្តល់ជាការសន្និដ្ឋាន ក្នុងការវិភាគស្ពានកំបោរនានា នៅក្នុងបណ្តាញដឹកជញ្ជូនរបស់រាជធានីអង្គរ។

scholarly journals Revealing a Maritime Cultural Landscape of Hong Kong: The Sai Kung Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-133
Author(s):  
Bill Jeffery ◽  
Joyce Ho-ching Kam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Southern China ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Maritime Archaeology ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Port City ◽  
Maritime Cultural Landscape ◽  
The Pearl River

Hong Kong island is located in Southern China at the mouth of the Pearl River. Its coastal location down river from the significant port-city of Guangzhou (formerly Canton), is strategically located in the trade route known as the Maritime Silk Road, the 2,000-year-old trade between China, Southeast Asia, India and Arabia. It was because of this trade that the waters and islands at the Pearl River mouth were frequented by many nations, and where the Portuguese had their port-city, Macau from 1557, and the British were based on Hong Kong island from 1842. Over the next 60 years, the British leased further surrounding territories and the arrangement eventually led to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, hereafter called the Hong Kong region. A significant maritime cultural landscape was built up, which included sites from earlier periods. An example of this maritime cultural landscape can be seen in the Sai Kung (eastern) district of the Hong Kong region. Many ships travelled along this coastline between the northern China ports and Guangzhou, and a number of coastal facilities were established. Beginning in 2009, a group of Hong Kong residents (Hong Kong Underwater Heritage Group) implemented a series of maritime archaeological projects in the Sai Kung district in collaboration with the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM). The results of this work can be seen in three maritime archaeology survey and excavation projects implemented from 2014 to 2017, including the discovery of a 1,000-year-old underwater cultural heritage (UCH) site. They complement the many coastal cultural heritage in the Sai Kung district to reveal its maritime cultural landscape.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL NOTE

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. v-v
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Irish Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Selection Of

The slightly more diverse fare in this year's Transactions reflects two developments. First, the Society has adopted a new format for its regional visits. Whereas previously the visits to UK Higher Education Institutions were accompanied by a formal paper reading by a speaker nominated by the Society, it has been decided to offer our support to regional symposia, preferably involving more than one institution, from which we will publish a selection of papers. The first of these symposia on the subject of ‘Poverty and Welfare in Ireland, c. 1833–1948’ hosted by the Queen's University Belfast and Oxford Brookes University was held at the Institute of Irish Studies at the Queen's University Belfast on 26–7 June 2009, and three of the papers presented are published here. We have also decided that the Gresham Lectures for the Public Understanding of History founded in memory of Colin Matthew deserve a wider audience, and if appropriate, we propose to publish them in Transactions. Charles Saumerez Smith's lecture on the institutionalisation of art in the nineteenth century therefore appears in print here.

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