Practical approaches to management of the marine prehistoric environment

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 71-82

  Ward, I ^a   Larcombe, P ^b   Firth, A ^c   Manders, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RPS   (United Kingdom)

^c Fjordr Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heritage management; Marine archaeology; Prehistory; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; QUATERNARY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84906061693     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/njg.2014.2     Document Type: Article

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