Fishing and Shipwreck Heritage - Marine Archaeology's Greatest Threat?

For 250 years encrusted wonders have been turning up in fishermen''s nets: everything imaginable from prehistoric animal bones to priceless Roman statues. Fishing trawlers annually sweep an area equivalent in size to half the world''s continental shelves. Everything in the wake of these bulldozers of the deep is battered. A devastating trail of smashed shipwrecks runs from the North Sea to Malaysia.The profound threat of the global fishing industry remains a black hole in marine archaeology, poorly understood and unmanaged. is the first global analysis of the threat of bottom fishing to underwater cultural heritage, examining the diversity, scale and implications on endangered finds and sites. Throughout, the key questions of whether it is too late to save the planet''s three million wrecks and how sustainable management is achievable are debated.>

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Wrecks and Time Capsules
2. Trawling the Data
3. Bulldozers of the Deep
4. Scales of Heritage Impacts
5. Management Myopia
6. Conclusion: Seeking Sustainability

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sean Kingsley is a marine archaeologist and the Director of Wreck Watch International, a London-based consultancy specializing in threats to global maritime heritage. He has written eleven books on deep-sea wrecks, ancient trade, economics, and Byzantine seafaring.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Sean A. (Wreck Watch International Kingsley, Sean Kingsley, Sean A Kingsley, Sean A. Kingsley, Sean A. (Wreck Watch International Kingsley, Sean A. Kingsley
• Assisted by: Richard Hodges (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9781472573605
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-7360-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Debates in Archaeology; Debates in Archaeology; Criminal Practice Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology