Nautical Archaeology Society 4172627 225177539 2008-07-12T08:37:39Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen fixes + link/fix date fields in cite templates (explanation [[User:Rjwilmsi#My_correction_of_dates_in_templates|here]]) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] The '''Nautical Archaeology Society'''<ref name="NASwebsite">[http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk Nautical Archaeology Society website]</ref> (NAS) is a [[Charitable organization|charity]] registered in [[England]]<ref name="charitycomm">[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ Charity Commission] The Nautical Archaeology Society is registered charity number 264209</ref> and is a [[company limited by guarantee]]<ref name="cohouse">[http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ Companies house] The Nautical Archaeology Society is registered at Companies House in England no. 1039270</ref>. The charitable aims and object of the company are to further [[research]] in [[Nautical Archaeology]] and [[publish]] the results of such research and to advance [[education]] and [[training]] in the techniques pertaining to the study of Nautical Archaeology for the benefit of the public<ref name="charitycomm" />. Nautical archaeology is an [[Archaeological sub-disciplines|archaeological sub-discipline]] more generally known as [[maritime archaeology]], which encompasses the [[archaeology of shipwrecks]], [[underwater archaeology]] and archaeology of related features. The society's logo is derived from an ancient engraving depicting nautical activity. An explanation is given on the society's website<ref name="NASwebsite" />. [[Image:NAS Logo.jpg|thumb|Logo of the NAS]] ==History== ===Council for Nautical Archaeology=== The predecessor of the Nautical Archaeology Society was the '''Council for Nautical Archaeology''' (CNA). This was formed in 1964 initially under the name the Committee for Nautical Archaeology:''"so as to ensure that the many discoveries being made by divers should not go by default through lack of contact with the appropriate learned bodies and to act as a channel of communication with the many interests that were growing up in this new field of research and exploration."''<ref name="IJNA 5 2">{{cite journal | title = The Council for Nautical Archaeology | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = inside front cover | date = May 1976 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445}}</ref> The inaugral meeting of the CNA was held in [[Joan du Plat Taylor]]'s office at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, at the University of London. The Council membership included the [[Council for British Archaeology]], the [[British Museum]], the [[National Maritime Museum]], the Institute of Archaeology at London University, the Society for Nautical Research and the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology. The [[British Sub-Aqua Club]] was also represented on the council.<ref name="IJNA 5 2" /> It was the CNA that was responsible for establishing the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and the Nautical Archaeology Trust in 1972, but it was also concerned with the promotion of legislation for the protection of nautical archaeological sites<ref name="IJNA 5 2" /> playing a key part in what became the [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973]]. In 1984 the CNA was incorporated into the Council for British Archaeology as one of its research sub-committees<ref name="IJNA 15 3">{{cite journal | title = The Council for Nautical Archaeology | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = inside front cover | date = August 1986 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = A brief history of the CBA | work = Council for British Archaeology website | publisher = Council for British Archaeology | url = http://www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/history.html | accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref> ===The Nautical Archaeology Trust=== The body that eventually became the Nautical Archaeology Society was originally incorporated and registered as a charity in 1972 under the name (The) '''Nautical Archaeological Trust''' Limited<ref name="charitycomm" /><ref name="cohouse" />. The Trust was established by the Council for Nautical Archaeology as its limited liability charitable arm. As a corporate body the Trust gained the legal ability to enter into contracts and to hold assets. The Trust's objects were :"''the furtherance of research into nautical archaeology and the publication of the results of such research together with the advancement of training and education in the techniques pertaining to the study of nautical archaeology for the benefit of the public''"<ref name="IJNA 5 2 Trsut">{{cite journal | title = The Nautical Archaeology Trust | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = inside front cover | date = May 1976 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445}}</ref> The Trust organised lectures, conferences and seminars, produced a newsletter and had a mechanism for associate membership for groups, associate individual members and subscribers. Associate membership provided a discounted purchase price for the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. In 1974, the then chairman of the CNA and of NAT, Professor W. F. Grimes, proposed that what was needed was a membership society<ref name="IJNA 10 4 NAS">{{cite journal | last = Flinder | first = Alex | coauthors = Margaret Rule | title = The Nautical Archaeology Society | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 10 | issue = 4 | pages = 273 | date = November 1981 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445}}</ref> but this took some years to establish. The CNA and the Trust eventually agreed the form of constitution of such a Society and the inaugural meeting took place in 1981. The intention of the Society was to act as a forum for the interchange of ideas and all of the associates and subscribers of the Trust were transferred to full membership the Society. The specific intention was to further cooperation between amateurs and professionals and its impact spread beyond the UK with a third of the new membership in its first year being from outside the UK<ref name="IJNA 10 4 Editorial">{{cite journal | last = Morrison | first = Ian | title = Editorial | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 10 | issue = 4 | pages = 271–2 | date = November 1981 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445 | doi = 10.1111/j.1095-9270.1981.tb00039.x}}</ref>. [[Joan du Plat Taylor]] was the first president. For a few years from 1981, the activities of the charity (the Trust) were separated from the interchange between the members (the Society) although both had identical aims, but the situation was resolved by a special meeting of the Trust held on 3rd July 1986 at the Science Museum<ref name="IJNA 15 3 Editorial">{{cite journal | last = Fenwick | first = Valerie | title = Editorial | journal = International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = 177 | date = August 1986 | publisher = Academic Press, London | id = 0305-7445}}</ref>. At this meeting, the members of the Trust voted to change the name of the Trust to the Nautical Archaeology Society and to change the constitution (the articles of association) to reflect the change to a membership organisation<ref name="cohouse" />. The reconstituted organisation continued to have responsibility for producing the IJNA and a clause safeguarding the academic standards of the journal was added to the articles. The renamed Trust thus subsumed the role of providing a forum for the interchange of ideas and the memberships of those who had participated in the Society (many of whom were in any case the original associates and subscribers of the Trust) transferred to membership of the incorporated body. ===The beginning of NAS training=== With the dual advantages of a participatory membership and its status as a registered charity, in 1986 the newly reconstituted Nautical Archaeology Society ran the first events in what later became its four part training syllabus. ==NAS Training== The Society educates and trains professional and amateur [[archaeologist]]s and [[Professional diving|commercial]] and [[Recreational diving|recreational divers]]<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1283 English Heritage Protected wrecks website] - recommendation to use NAS training</ref>. The aim of the NAS training syllabus is to develop awareness, respect for and understanding of the maritime cultural heritage and to develop capability in the maritime archaeological sector by training in relevant archaeological, and underwater skills as well as to develop knowledge and understanding of the technology of the past<ref>Marc-Andre Bernier, Underwater Archaeology Service, Parks Canada, "To Dig or not to Dig" in ''Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk: Managing Natural and Human Impacts''[http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2006/index.html] ICOMOS, 2006</ref>. NAS Training is supported by [[Cadw]] and [[Historic Scotland]] to provide training opportunities in [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] respectively. The development of the NAS training curriculum was supported by [[English Heritage]] and its predecessors from 1991 to 2004. The NAS training syllabus has been adopted by a number of other organisations around the world. ==International Journal of Nautical Archaeology==<!-- This section is linked from [[Underwater archaeology]] --> The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (IJNA) is published bi-annually (Print {{ISSN|1057-2414}}, online {{ISSN|1095-9270}}) for NAS by Blackwell Publishing Ltd<ref>[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com Blackwell Publishing Ltd]</ref>. It is a peer-reviewed academic journal but articles by amateur researchers that meet the journal's standards have been published. IJNA aims to cover all aspects of nautical archaeological research including the [[sea]]s, [[ship]]s, [[cargo]]s, [[harbour]]s and [[sailor]]s of the past. IJNA was first published in 1972 under the founding editor [[Joan du Plat Taylor]]. Since 1980, IJNA has been edited by Ian Morrison, James Kirkman and Valerie Fenwick. The current editor, Dr Paula Martin, took over in 2003. Angela Crome has been reviews editor since IJNA was founded. ==Joan du Plat Taylor Award== : ''main article [[Joan du Plat Taylor]]'' The Joan du Plat Taylor Award is a grant awarded annually by the Nautical Archaeology Society to support publication of nautical archaeological research. The grant was originally funded personally by [[Joan du Plat Taylor]], the founder editor of IJNA and the first president of the Nautical archaeology Society. ==Adopt-a-Wreck== Since 2003 the Nautical Archaeology Society has run a programme to encourage groups and individuals to take a close interest in a maritime site, and adopt a minimum level of stewardship, monitoring how the site changes over time. As well as [[shipwrecks]], adopted sites can include [[harbour]] works and buildings with [[nautical]] connections, [[coastal]] habitations, [[Hulk (ship)|hulks]] and other sea wrack of archaeological interest. The society maintains a register of all such adopted sites<ref>[http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/wreck/index.php Adopt-a-wreck index],</ref> and provides an annual award to the person or group that has made the most significant contribution to maritime archaeology and research through the adoption process. Past winners have included: * 2003. The Joint Services Dive Club and the [[Gibraltar]] Museum's Underwater Research Unit for their work on the 'Inner and Outer' wreck sites at Gibraltar Harbour<ref>[http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/wreck/sites/gibraltar01.php The 'Inner' and 'Outer' wrecksites Gibraltar]</ref> * 2004. The Queen's University [[Belfast]] Sub-Aqua Club (QUBSAC) for their investigation of the Alastor, a steel-hulled luxury motor yacht that sank in 1948<ref>[http://alastor.sub-aqua-ni.org.uk/ Shipwreck M.Y. Alastor]</ref> * 2005. The [[Weymouth]] LUNAR Society for their work on the [[Earl of Abergavenny (East Indiaman)|Earl of Abergavenny]] shipwreck<ref>[http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/abergavenny.htm Shipwreck Earl of Abergavenny]</ref> In [[2004]] the Nautical Archaeological Society took custody of the remains of an Elizabethan wreck discovered in the [[Thames]] Estuary during dredging operations by the [[Port of London Authority]]<ref>Antony Firth, Wessex Archaeology, "Old Shipwrecks and New Dredging: An Elizabethan Ship in the Thames" in ''Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk: Managing Natural and Human Impacts''[http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2006/index.html] ICOMOS, 2006</ref>. The remains represented a navigation hazard, and as they had been disturbed and damaged by the dredging operations, preservation in situ was not an option. The remains were investigated by Wessex Archaeology<ref>[http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/marine/thameswreck/index.html Wessex Archaeology's investigation of the wreck in Thames]</ref> and [[dendrochronology]] by Nigel Nayling of the University of Wales gave a construction date of soon after [[1754]] probably in [[East Anglia]]. Now known as the Princes Channel Wreck, the remains were transferred to [[Horsea Island]], an estuarine lake near [[Portsmouth]], where the brackish water should enable the timbers to stabilise while they are accessible to students for study and training purposes. The Princes Channel wreck is formally adopted by a member of the society. ==Wreckmap Projects== The Nautical Archaeology Society manages or participates in research projects with the aims of firstly furthering research and secondly enabling novice professionals and avocational archaeologists to have opportunities to get involved in archaeological research<ref>[http://www.3HConsulting.com/ 3H Consulting website, the home of Site Recorder]: Examples of surveyed sites, guidance on 3D survey and free Site Reader tool</ref> and hence develop individual experience and promote best practice in investigative techniques. Wreckmap projects focus on surveying and recording sites in a specific area. Wreckmap projects have been conducted in the Sound of [[Isle of Mull|Mull]], [[Portland Harbour|Portland]], [[Dorset]] and Teesbay (near [[Hartlepool]]). Wreckmap Britain 2005<ref>[http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29419.html 24 hour museum report on Wreckmap Britain 2005]</ref> encouraged recreational divers to submit a recording form for a favourite [[Wreck diving|dive]] anywhere in [[UK|Britain]]. Wreckmap Britain 2006<ref>[http://www.dorsetcoast.com/index.jsp?articleid=354298 Dorset Coast Forum report on Wreckmap Britain 2006]</ref> was launched at the London International Dive Show (LIDS) on [[1 April]] [[2006]] and has distributed 100,000 recording forms to recreational divers. The results will be added to the Shipwreck Index<ref>[http://www.shipwrecks.uk.com/ Shipwrecks UK], with context, thematic and detailed information on more than 45,000 shipwrecks in the seas surrounding Britain and Ireland, building on the Lloyds Register Shipwreck Index volumes.</ref>. WreckMap Britain is conducted in partnership with the [[Marine Conservation Society]] (SeaSearch) and sponsored by [[Crown Estate]], the [[BSAC]] Jubilee Trust and [[PADI]] through the [[Project AWARE]] Foundation. ==References== <references/> ===NAS Training International=== The NAS Training syllabus has been adopted by the following organisations. * [[Australia]]: [http://www.aima.iinet.net.au/ Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology] * [[Australia]]: [http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/welcome/maritime.php Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program] NAS courses are conducted for maritime archaeology students and the public. * [[Canada]], [[Ontario]]: Parks Canada Archaeological Services * [[Canada]], [[British Columbia]]: Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia * [[Canada]], [[Ontario]]: [http://www.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca/ Save Ontario Shipwrecks] * [[Germany]]: [http://www.deguwa.org/ DEGUWA] * [[Ireland]]: Irish Underwater Archaeological Research Team (IUART) * [[Mexico]]: [http://www.inah.gob.mx/ Intituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)] * [[South Africa]]: South Africa Cultural History Museum * [[Switzerland]]: [http://www.susv.ch/fsss_d/index_d.htm Sweizer Untervasser Sport Verband (SUSV)] [[Category:Archaeological organisations]] [[Category:British archaeology]] [[Category:1972 establishments]] [[Category:Maritime archaeology]] [[Category:Diving organizations]] [[pt:Nautical Archaeology Society]]