Underwater cultural heritage

James River expedition targets Civil War shipwrecks

Artifact recoveries on Civil War shipwreck in time for anniversary

Lake guards warn against artifact collection

New Alabama law could mean finders-keepers for historic artifacts found
underwater

International Scientific Colloquium on the factors impacting underwater cultural heritage in Brussels

The Law of the Sea Treaty and Underwater Cultural Resources [via JSTOR]

Abandoned Shipwreck Act

Beneath the Waters of Time: Interior’s Submerged Cultural Resource Programs

Closing the Gaps in Domestic and International Law: Achieving Comprehensive Protection of Submerged Cultural Resources

Commonwealth of Australia Law, Historic Shipwrecks Act

Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

CSS Alabama Wreck Protection Agreement

Enhancing NPS Stewardship of State-Owned Submerged Cultural Resources

France’s Department of Underwater Archaeological Research (in French)

Historical Wrecks and Underwater Cultural Heritage, South Africa Heritage Resource Agency

ICOMOS Charter on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage

International Law for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: Can Our Past be Salvaged?

Legislation on the Nautical and Underwater Archaeological Inheritance in Portugal (in French)

LOST AT SEA: A treatise on the management and ownership of shipwrecks and shipwreck artifacts

National Park Service Submerged Resources Center

Nordic Underwater Cultural Heritage Legislation

Perspective from Across the Atlantic

Preserving A Submerged Legacy, National Park Service

Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka

Protection of UCH Consistent with International Law

R.M.S. Titanic Memorial Act of 1986

Raising Standards: A Modern Framework for Protecting Our Common Maritime Heritage

Saving History for the Public

Ship Reconstruction Laboratory

Sunken Military Craft Act

The Antiquities Act: Regulating Salvage of Historic Shipwrecks

The Archaeological Duty of Care: The Legal Professional and Cultural Struggle Over Salvaging Historic Shipwrecks

The Fig and The Spade: Countering the Deceptions of Treasure Hunters

Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval Historical Center

Underwater Archaeology in Egypt

Underwater Archaeology, China

Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk: Managing Natural and Human Impacts

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Boesten, E., 2001. Archaeological and/or Historic Valuable Shipwrecks in International Wares: Public International Law and What it Offers. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press.

O’Keefe, P.J., 2008. Shipwrecked Heritage: A Commentary on the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Dromgoole, S. (ed.), 2006. The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: National Perspectives in Light of the UNESCO Convention 2001

Elia, R.J., 2000. U.S. Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Beyond the Territorial Sea: Problems and Prospects

Street, T., 2006. Underwater Cultural Heritage Policies of the United States Coastal Zone