Publications and Presentations

Society for Historical Archaeology Conference 2015, Seattle (WA, USA)

Project Manager Cassandra Philippou gave a presentation covering the whole project from 2012 through to the end of 2014 that was co-written by Principal Investigator Vicki Richards, Lead Chief Investigator Prof. Peter Veth, and researchers Dr. Jennifer Rodrigues and Dr. Debra Shefi. The presentation was titled ‘The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project: in-situ preservation techniques for wooden shipwrecks’ and was a synopsis of the fieldwork on both Clarence and James Matthews, the associated research into in-situ preservation techniques and the development of policy guidelines. It was presented during the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology sessions of the Society for Historical Archaeology annual conference held in Seattle, Washington from 6 – 12 January 2015.

A PDF of the presentation can be downloaded here: Philippou et al_SHA 2015

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, December 2014, Vol 9 issue 2.

AHSPP Researcher and Senior Maritime Archaeologist at Heritage Victoria, Peter Harvey, co-authored a paper with AHSPP Researcher and former Acting Project Manager Dr. Debra Shefi titled Thirty Years of Managing the Wreck of the Historic Australian Colonial-Built Schooner Clarence (1841-1850): From Ineffective to Pro-active Management in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology. Use this Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s11457-014-9131-y to access the Springer Realtime page where the article can be downloaded.

 

ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference – Wet Organic Archaeological Materials, Melbourne, September 2014

Principal Investigator Dr. Ian MacLeod presented a poster by AHSPP team members Vicki Richards, Dr. Ian MacLeod, Prof. Peter Veth and Dr. Debra Shefi titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project – Reburial of the Clarence (1850) and James Matthews (1841) shipwreck sites”  at the International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation 17th Triennial Conference held in Melbourne from 15 – 19 September 2014.

A PDF of the poster and explanatory notes can be downloaded here: ICOM-CC AHSPP Poster; AHSPP ICOM-CC notes.

 
2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Principal Investigator Vicki Richards gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project – In-situ preservation and long-term monitoring of the Clarence (1850) and James Matthews (1841) shipwreck sites” at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage held in Honolulu, Hawaii from 12 – 16 May 2014. The paper was co-authored by Partner Investigator Dr. Ian MacLeod and Lead Chief Investigator Prof. Peter Veth. 

A pdf of the presentation is available here: Richards, MacLeod and Veth 2014 ppt.

The paper is published in the proceedings of the conference (Proceedings of the 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage, 12-16 May 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii, eds H. Van Tilburg, S. Tripati, V. Walker Vadillo, B. Fahy and J. Kimura, 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Planning Committee, Hawai’I, USA, pp. 469-482).

A pdf is available here: Richards, MacLeod and Veth 2014.

At the same conference a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project – interim progress report” was given on behalf of the team (Shefi, D., Veth, P., Philippou, C., Rodrigues, J., Richards, V. and Harvey, P. 2014), and the paper is also published in the Van Tilburg et al conference proceedings.  
 
 
The published paper is available here: Shefi et.al. 2014 paper.
 

Jon Carpenter from the Western Australian Museum presented a paper at APCONF2014 written by Jim Grehan, Jan Dols and himself on the sand barge system created for use on the James Matthews (1841), entitled “The construction of a simple sand dumping barge to aid reburial of a shipwreck site”.

A pdf of the presentation can be downloaded here: The construction of a simple sand dumping barge to aid reburial of a shipwreck site.

The paper can be downloaded here: Carpenter, Grehan and Dols 2014.

Australian National University Master of Archaeological Science candidate Adele Zubrzycka presented a paper co-authored with AHSPP Chief Investigator Anthony Barham and ANU X-ray Diffraction Lab Manager Ulrike Troitzsch on the comparison and analysis of sediment samples taken from Clarence and the surround marine and nearby terrestrial environment entitled “Tracking environmental and historical footprints on Clarence: Comparative XRD analysis of clay-rich sediment samples from a 19th century wreck site in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia”

The paper can be downloaded here: Zubrzycka, Barham and Troitzsch 2014.
 
Society for Historical Archaeology Conference 2014, Quebec (Montreal, Canada)

Chief Investigator Mark Staniforth gave a presentation titled “Shipbuilding in the Australian colonies before 1850” at the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada from 8 to 12 January 2014. Authors of the presentation include Chief Investigator Mark Staniforth and Project Manager Cassandra Philippou.

 
A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Staniforth and Philippou 2014.
 
The paper has been published in the AUCA 2014 Proceedings and is available here: Staniforth and Shefi ACUA 2014.
Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Conference 2013

Principal Investigator Vicki Richards gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project – Reburial of the Clarence (1850) and James Matthews (1841) Shipwreck Sites” at the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Conference held in Canberra, ACT, Australia from 4 to 5 October 2013Authors of the presentation include Principal Investigators Vicki Richards and Ian MacLeod and Lead Chief Investigator Peter Veth.

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Richards et al. 2013b.

 

Project Manager Cassandra Philippou gave a presentation titled “The AHSPP BiblioBoard Anthology: An innovative digital curatorial project for the presentation of archaeological in situ preservation and research projects” at the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Conference held in Canberra, ACT, Australia from 4 to 5 October 2013. Cassandra Philippou was the Author of the presentation.

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Philippou 2013.

 
12th ICOM-CC Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference 2013

Partner Investigator Vicki Richards gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project – In-Situ Preservation of the Clarence (1850) Shipwreck Site” at the 12th ICOM-CC Wet Organic Archaeological Materials (WOAM) Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey from 13 to 17 May 2013Authors of the presentation include Partner Investigators Vicki Richards and Ian MacLeod and Lead Chief Investigator Peter Veth.

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Richards et al. 2013a.

 

Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology 2013
Veth, P., Philiipou, C., Richards, V., Staniforth, M., Rodrigues, J., Khan, A., Creagh, D., Viduka, A., Barham, A., MacLeod, I., Harvey, P. 2013. The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project 2012: First report on the background, reburial and in-situ preservation at the Clarence (1841-50). Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Volume 37, pp. 1-19.

A pdf copy of the article is available here: Veth et al. 2013.

 
Australasian Institue for Maritime Archaeology/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Joint Conference 2012

Partner Investigator Vicki Richards gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project – Excavation, Reburial, Stabilisation and Monitoring” at the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Joint Conference held in Fremantle, Western Australia from 1 to 3 Oct 2012Authors of the presentation include Partner Investigators Vicki Richards and Ian MacLeod and Lead Chief Investigator Peter Veth. 

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Richards et al. 2012

 

Project Manager Cassandra Philippou gave a presentation titled “Clearance, Clarence?: The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project 2012” at the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Joint Conference held in Fremantle, Western Australia from 1 to 3 Oct 2012Authors of the presentation include Project Manager Cassandra Philippou, Researcher Amer Khan and Lead Chief Investigator Peter Veth.

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Philippou et al. 2012..

 

Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Newsletter April/May 2012

Philippou, C. and Veth, P. 2012. Clarence Excavation and Rapid Recording, April/May 2012. AIMA Newsletter, Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2012, pp. 21-24.

A pdf copy of the newsletter article is available here: Philippou and Veth 2012.

The Australian Association for Maritime History, Inc. Newsletter Spring 2012

AHSPP. 2012. Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project, a world first in maritime archaeology. The Australian Association for Maritime History Inc. Issue 127, Spring 2012, p. 5.

A pdf copy of the newsletter article is available here: AHSPP 2012.

Australian Archaeological Association Conference 2012
Chief Lead Investigator Peter Veth gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project 2012” at the Australian Archaeological Association Conference held in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia from 9 to 13 Dec 2012Authors of the presentation include: Veth, P., Richards, V., MacLeod, I., Staniforth, M., Rodrigues, J., Khan, A., Barham, A., Philippou, C., Harvey, P., Parkinson, J., Massey, T., Steel, R., Viduka, A. 

A pdf copy of the presentation is available here: Veth et al. 2012.

Inaugural Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific regional conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage 2011

Chief Investigator Mark Staniforth gave a presentation titled “The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project” at the Inaugural Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific regional conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage held in Manila, Philippines from 8 to 10 Nov 2011. The presentation was in Session 7 “Preservation and Conservation of Wet Archaeological materials and site management” and the paper was published in the Conference Proceedings as:

Veth, P., Viduka, A., Staniforth, M., MacLeod, I., Richards, V., and Barham, A. 2011. The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project. Proceedings of the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage. Asian Academy for Heritage Management. Manila, Philippines. pp. 753-763.

A pdf copy of the paper is available here: Veth et al. 2011.