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标题：Research, protection and evaluation of Sicilian and Mediterranean marine cultural heritage
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作者：Sebastiano Tusa
期刊名称：Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
印刷版ISSN：1973-9494
出版年度：2009
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：79-112
DOI：10.6092/issn.1973-9494/1745
语种：English
出版社：Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna (Ravenna)
摘要：Underwater archaeology in the Mediterranean should be based on a comprehensive, deep knowledge of a wide context of cultural environment. It is impossible to carry out an in-depth study of a specific wreck or site without having an overall cultural as well as historical perspective. It is, in fact, quite clear to everybody that even the most faraway shores of the Mediterranean were connected by means of a dense network of sea routes based on a rich trade throughout the centuries. But underwater archaeology also means the chance to understand the past environment due to the possibility of detecting ancient sea shores which nowadays are found below sea level. Today underwater archaeology also means deep sea research in extraterritorial waters. This aspect of underwater archaeological research is deeply connected with legal aspects that, in the framework of the recently approved UNESCO draft regarding the protection of underwater cultural heritage, should be planned according to international cooperation. 109 Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage Sicily has a great role in Mediterranean underwater archaeology because of its history and heritage, but also because Regional Government plays an important role in international debate in this field and because in Sicily a great impulse has been given to underwater archaeology research and cultural evaluation through the Soprintendenza del Mare