| Title: | The Australian Management of Protected Underwater Cultural Heritage Artifacts in Public and Private Custody |
Contributor(s): | Viduka, Andrew (author) ; Luckman, Grant (author) |
Publication Date: | 2022-07-18 |
Open Access: | Yes |
DOI: | 10.1017/aap.2022.16 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60812 |
Abstract: | | Este documento describe brevemente la gestión de artefactos del patrimonio cultural subacuático en Australia desde un entorno de recolección no regulado en las décadas de 1940 y 1960 hasta el entorno cada vez más regulado del presente. En 1993, junto con la nueva legislación, se declaró una amnistía para inventariar los artefactos recogidos de naufragios históricos ahora protegidos que estaban en manos privadas. El período de amnistía concluyó con aproximadamente 20.000 artefactos notificados en un momento en que la información se guardaba en una variedad de formatos y con diferentes estándares. Hoy en día, el Gobierno de Australia gestiona la posesión, custodia y control de aproximadamente 500.000 artefactos del patrimonio cultural subacuático, la mayoría de los cuales se encuentran en instituciones de recaudación y con una décima parte bajo custodia pública. Este documento destaca el marco legislativo, administrativo y la póliza contemporánea para la gestión de los artefactos del patrimonio cultural subacuático en Australia y, en particular, los que permanecen en posesión de individuos y sujetos al comercio.
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Source of Publication: | Advances in Archaeological Practice, 10(3), p. 258-271 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Place of Publication: | United States of America |
ISSN: | 2326-3768 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 4301 Archaeology |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes |
HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
English Abstract: | | This article briefly outlines underwater cultural heritage artifact management in Australia from an unregulated collecting environment in the 1940s–1960s to the increasingly regulated environment of the present. In 1993, in conjunction with new legislation, an amnesty was declared in order to inventory artifacts collected from now-protected historic shipwrecks that were in private hands. The amnesty period concluded with approximately 20,000 artifacts notified at a time when information was being stored in a range of formats and to different standards. Today, the Australian Government manages the possession, custody, and control of approximately 500,000 underwater cultural heritage artifacts, most of which are in collecting institutions, with one-tenth in public custody. This article highlights the contemporary legislative, policy, and administrative framework for the management of underwater cultural heritage artifacts in Australia, particularly those that remain in the possession of private individuals and are subject to trade.
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article
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