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- Title
THE NOTION OF 'VERIFIABLE LINKS' IN THE 2001 UNESCO CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE.
- Authors
Maarleveld, Thijs J.
- Abstract
The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage entered into force on 1st January 2009, three months after the twentieth ratification. Since then the ratification process has gathered speed. On 1st July 2014 the number of ratifications stood at 48. The standards set out in the Convention have a fundamental influence upon underwater archaeology, international heritage protection and processes surrounding archaeological discoveries at sea in general. A concept that the Convention introduces is that of a 'verifiable link'. It appears no fewer than six times in the Convention. In this article, the meaning of the concept is explored and illustrated by means of a concrete archaeological example: the 'Aanloop Molengat' site that was discovered in 1984 at the bottom of the North Sea, off the island of Texel, a barrier island with a Pleistocene core at the north-western corner of the Netherlands.
- Subjects
UNDERWATER cultural heritage; PROTECTION of cultural property; HISTORIC preservation; UNESCO; RATIFICATION of treaties
- Publication
Art, Antiquity & Law, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
1362-2331
- Publication type
Article