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2005 | 2 | 51-60

Article title

ARCHEOLOGIA MORSKA W POLSCE STAN OBECNY I PERSPEKTYWY

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Content

Title variants

EN
UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY IN POLAND ITS PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
Underwater archaeology has only been present in Poland for a few decades. Research carried out in the 1950s in the search for ancient Wolin brought out the first sites. Polish coasts abound in wrecks, whose preservation are helped by the low salinity and low temperature of the Baltic waters, which are also free of the voracious snail toredo navalis. The wreck are endangered, however, by hydro-technical investments, and underwater treasure hunters. Up to now, underwater archaeology has brought out hundreds of artifacts which come from mediaeval as well as more contemporary times, and which are on display at the National Museum in Szczecin and the Central Maritime Museum in Gdańsk. Discussions as to the extent of protection for underwater archaeological sites and the possibility of expanding the scope of research activities in this area. One of the greatest challenges is creating a monitoring system for underwater archaeological sites. Poland’s participation in the “Managing Cultural Heritage Underwater – MACHU” project should be one solution to this problem. It is also important to create a national underwater archaeology center, which would become a source of technical and substantive support for conservation services, and which would allow for more effective protection of artifacts in the range of Polish coast. Following examples of other European countries, we have to treat our maritime heritage as a valuable source of information about the history of our country and the entire Baltic basin, and protect these things while also making them accessible to a wide community of maritime history enthusiasts.

Year

Issue

2

Pages

51-60

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Dates

published
2005

Contributors

author
  • mgr, jest specjalistą w dziedzinie archeologii podwodnej i konserwacji zabytków archeologicznych wydobytych z wody. Pełni funkcję kierownika Działu Badań Podwodnych Centralnego Muzeum Morskiego w Gdańsku. Od 1999 r. uczestniczy w pracach Bałtyckiej Grupy ds. Ochrony Dziedzictwa Kulturowego Bałtyku. W latach 1999-2002 brała udział w projekcie NAVIS realizowanym w ramach programu KULTURA 2000. Jest członkiem Międzynarodowego Komitetu Archeologii Podwodnej oraz współtwórcą grupy roboczej „Wraki”, skupiającej przedstawicieli urzędów morskich, marynarki wojennej, Instytutu Morskiego, Straży Granicznej i Akademii Marynarki Wojennej, która zajmuje się m.in. ochroną wraków w polskich wodach morskich. Ma w swym dorobku kilkadziesiąt publikacji.

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
0029-8247

YADDA identifier

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