Protection of the underwater cultural heritage of Sri Lanka through international cooperation

Bandula Mandawala, Prashantha (2017) Protection of the underwater cultural heritage of Sri Lanka through international cooperation. In: The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage: how do we make it work? Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, pp. 50-80. [Book Section]

Preview

PDF ICLAFI 2017 Netherlands_BANDULA-MANDAWALA2.pdf Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike. Download (3MB) | Preview

Abstract (in English)

Paper presented during the ICLAFI – ICUCH Symposium, 29th June – 1st July 2017, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Amersfoort, The Netherlands This paper presents a historic survey of the legal protection of underwater cultural heritage in Sri Lanka with a focus on inter-disciplinarity and international cooperation as productive tools.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Authors Email Bandula Mandawala, Prashantha UNSPECIFIED
Corporate Authors:	ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues (ICLAFI); ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH)
Languages:	English
Keywords:	Underwater cultural heritage; Historic surveys; Legal framework; national legislations; laws; Protection of underwater cultural heritage; Underwater archaeology; Maritime sanctuaries; Shipwrecks; Museums; Cultural administrations; Cultural policies; workshops; international cooperation; Sri Lanka
Subjects:	A. THEORETICAL AND GENERAL ASPECTS > 07. History of conservation B. ARCHAEOLOGY > 08. Underwater archaeological site H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 25. Underwater cultural heritage K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 02. International legislation K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 03. National/Regional legislations K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 05. International organizations K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 06. Doctrinal texts, conventions and charters P. GEOGRAPHIC AREAS > 04. Asia and Pacific islands
International Scientific Committee:	Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues, Underwater Cultural Heritage
Number of Pages:	119
Depositing User:	ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2019 08:55
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 08:55
References:	Act (1940) The Antiquities Ordinance, No.9 of 1940 Act (1998) Archaeological (Amendment) Act, (No.24 of 1998) Clarke, A. C., 1964. Ceylon and the Underwater Archaeologist. Expedition, Bulletin of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Pennsylvania. Clarke, A.C., 1964. The Treasure of the Great Reef. Dallantine Books, Inc. 201east 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Devendra, S., Abeyratne, M. and Silva S., 2006. Maritime Archaeology in a Developing Nation: The Case of Sri Lanka, in Lyndel V. P., Finishing the Interrupted Voyage: Papers of the UNESCO Asia Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Institute of Art and Law, Leicester. Devendra, S., 2007. Archaeology Under Sri Lankan Waters: A Comprehensive Survey, in Tripathi, A., (ed.), India and the Eastern Seas. Organizing Committee of the International Seminar on Maritime Archaeology (ISMA), Delhi. Devendra S. and Muthucumarana R., 2013. Maritime Archaeology and Sri Lanka: Globalization, Immigration, and Transformation in the Underwater Archaeological Record. Historical Archaeology, Volume 47, Number 1, Journal of The Society for Historical Archaeology, J. W. JOSEPH, (ed.), New South Associates, Inc, Georgia, USA. Devendra S. and Muthucumarana R., 2015. Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Twenty five years old and a new beginning, in Shipwrecks Around the World, Revelation of the Past, Sila Tripati(ed). Delta Book World, New Delhi, India. Godakumbura, C. E., 1964. Administration Reports of the Archaeological Commissioner for the Financial Year 1962-63. Government Press, Ceylon. Green, J. and Devendra, S., (ed.) 1992. Maritime Archaeology in Sri Lanka; The Galle Harbour Project 1992. Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka, Central Cultural fund, Western Australian Maritime Museum and Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology, Colombo. Green J., and Devendra S., (ed) 1993. Maritime Archaeological in Sri Lanka, The Galle Harbour Project 1993. Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology of the University of Kelaniya, The State Printing Corporation, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Green, J., Devendra, S. and Parthesius, R. (ed.) 1998. Report for the Sri Lanka Department of Archaeology: Galle Harbour Project 1996-1997. Special Publication No 4 of the Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Fremantle. Muthucumarana R., Gaur A. S., Chandraratne W. M., Manders M., Ramlingeswara Rao B., Bhushan Ravi, Khedekar V. D., Dayananda A. M. A., 2014. An Early Historic Assemblage Offshore of Godawaya, Sri Lanka: Evidence for Early Regional Seafaring in South Asia. Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Volume 9, Number 1, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Parthesius R., Milla K., Devendra S., Green J. (ed.) 2003. Sri Lanka Maritime Archaeological Unit Report on the Avondster Project 2001 – 2002. Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Redknap, M., 1990. Development Programmes for Maritime Archaeological Survey. Ancient Ceylon, Vol.7, No.1, Department of Archaeology, Colombo. Seneviratne, S., 2007. Redefining the Role of Maritime Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Problems, Prospect and Paradigm Shift, in Tripathi, A., (ed.), India and the Eastern Seas. Organizing Committee of the International Seminar on Maritime Archaeology (ISMA), Delhi.
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2191

Actions (login required)

View Item

Metadata

• HTML Citation
• ASCII Citation
• Full
• OpenURL ContextObject
• EndNote
• BibTeX
• MODS
• MPEG-21 DIDL
• EP3 XML
• Dublin Core
• Reference Manager
• Eprints Application Profile
• Simple Metadata
• Refer
• METS

Downloads