TAILIEUCHUNG - Maritime Archaeology in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai Provinces

The potential of underwater archaeology in particular and maritime archaeology in general in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai are extremely significant. The system of rivers, canals and arroyos in these two provinces is fairly dense; along the coast, there are many seaports and bays, which are favorable for ships and boats to travel. | HISTORY - ARCHAEOLOGY - ETHNOLOGY Maritime Archaeology in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai Provinces Bui Van Liem*, Bui Van Hieu** Abstract: The potential of underwater archaeology in particular and maritime archaeology in general in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai are extremely significant. The system of rivers, canals and arroyos in these two provinces is fairly dense; along the coast, there are many seaports and bays, which are favorable for ships and boats to travel. They also lie in the trade route on sea in the regions with famous seaports in history. They include sufficiently the main types of relics and research objects for maritime archaeology such as ancient trade ports, sunken ships, workshops for making ships and boats, and also the fishermen’s communities with their development history throughout thousand of years. However, the maritime archaeology in this area has not developed on par with its potential and it is even under the threat of damage. Therefore, the systematic research into underwater or flooded sites and the relationships between them and the inland sites in these regions in the larger space and time is a vital task to set up a base for possible plans of protection, conservation of and bringing into full play their values. Key words: Maritime archaeology; underwater archaeology; shipwrecks; Quang Nam; Quang Ngai. 1. Introduction . History has demonstrated that natural resources play a significant role in human life. Changes in history, to some degree, were consequences of the interaction between humans and those resources. Water resources comprising fresh water and salty water are among a variety of the natural resources that are crucial to humans. Thus, it will come as no surprise for us to learn that the residential locations and great civilizations of humankind are usually distributed near water and big rivers. Recorded in history were also sea level rises and earthquakes occurring in many places at different times that submerged many .

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