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MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY IN VIETNAM: AUSTRALIAN INVOLVEMENT – TAASA Review December 2016

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This article was originally found in the December 2016 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 25, Issue 4, Page 14).

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Natali Pearson F rom shipwrecks with ceramic hordes to naval battlefields, Vietnam’s underwater and maritime cultural heritage is significant and abundant.

Until recently, Government approved underwater excavations were conducted by the state-owned Vietnamese Salvage Corporation (Visal) and Vietnamese archaeologists, often working with commercial excavation companies.

Maritime archaeology was only formalised at an institutional level in 2013 with the establishment of the Underwater Archaeology Department under the leadership of Dr Lê Thi Liên...