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SHIPWRECKED? THE ETHICS OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE IN INDONESIA – TAASA Review June 2016

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This article was originally found in the June 2016 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 10).

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Natali Pearson I n November 2015, almost two decades after its discovery and excavation, the Tang Shipwreck Collection went on display at its new, permanent home: the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore.

The exhibition features the cargo of a 9th century dhow, discovered by a trepang (sea cucumber) diver off the Indonesian island of Belitung in 1998 and believed to be the earliest evidence of maritime trade between the Tang dynasty (618­907) and the Abbasid caliphate (750­ 1258) (Krahl et al.

2010). The Tang Shipwreck Collection on display at the Asian Civilisations Museum, November 2015...