Books (Editor/Author) by Robert Yorke
by Arturo Rey da Silva, Marnix Pieters, Jonathan Sharfman, Garry Momber, Franca Cibecchini, Robert Yorke, Amanda Bowens, Mark Dunkley, Michel Huet, Will Brouwers, Dirk Timmermans, and Guido Demerre Edited by Ulrike Guérin, Arturo Rey da Silva and Lucas Simonds.
A special Scientific Conferenc... more Edited by Ulrike Guérin, Arturo Rey da Silva and Lucas Simonds.
A special Scientific Conference and Commemorative Event on Underwater Cultural Heritage from World War I was organized by UNESCO, with support from the Government of Flanders (Belgium), from 26 to 28 June 2014 in the Bruges Courthouse, on the occasion of the Centenary of World War I. The event included a two-day scientific conference and a commemorative event.
This publication presents the results of the UNESCO Scientific Conference as well as the papers presented in it. It is a reference publication on the status and importance of the underwater cultural heritage from World War I to nowadays societies, and why it needs to be preserved for future generations.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Papers by Robert Yorke
International Journal for Nautical Archaeology, 2013
On the East coast of Tunisia, between Sousse and Sfax, lie the scant remains of the ancient city ... more On the East coast of Tunisia, between Sousse and Sfax, lie the scant remains of the ancient city of Thapsus, notable mainly for a battle fought in the civil war in 46 BC. Visits by the authors resulted in the discovery of one of the longest-known harbour moles in the entire Roman Empire. No ancient sources make reference to any work of such magnitude and the paper suggests that the harbour was never completed, but might have been started by the local emperors Gordianus, none of whom survived long enough to have executed such a project.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
International Journal for Nautical Archaeology, 2012
This article describes fieldwork undertaken in 1972 at the harbour of the Hellenistic city of Pto... more This article describes fieldwork undertaken in 1972 at the harbour of the Hellenistic city of Ptolemais at Tolmeita in Cyrenaica, Libya. This survey has shown that the city possessed a sophisticated Hellenistic harbour installation, now submerged by some 2 m. It consisted of a small fishing harbour and a larger commercial harbour protected by extensive stone breakwaters built around two offshore islands. Between the harbours, remains were found under water of an extensive block-built quay connected to one island, where there was a system of submerged rock-cut tanks. These are interpreted as the foundations of a fish-processing factory. Changes in sea-level are also discussed.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Although the United Kingdom (UK) Government has not ratified the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Pr... more Although the United Kingdom (UK) Government has not ratified the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, it has made a policy commitment to adopt the Annex as best practice for managing underwater cultural heritage, which is an important step forward. The Convention and the methodology within the Annex provide States with the means to protect underwater cultural heritage in international waters.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Nov 1, 2013
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2010
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2011
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Uploads
Books (Editor/Author) by Robert Yorke
A special Scientific Conference and Commemorative Event on Underwater Cultural Heritage from World War I was organized by UNESCO, with support from the Government of Flanders (Belgium), from 26 to 28 June 2014 in the Bruges Courthouse, on the occasion of the Centenary of World War I. The event included a two-day scientific conference and a commemorative event.
This publication presents the results of the UNESCO Scientific Conference as well as the papers presented in it. It is a reference publication on the status and importance of the underwater cultural heritage from World War I to nowadays societies, and why it needs to be preserved for future generations.
Papers by Robert Yorke
A special Scientific Conference and Commemorative Event on Underwater Cultural Heritage from World War I was organized by UNESCO, with support from the Government of Flanders (Belgium), from 26 to 28 June 2014 in the Bruges Courthouse, on the occasion of the Centenary of World War I. The event included a two-day scientific conference and a commemorative event.
This publication presents the results of the UNESCO Scientific Conference as well as the papers presented in it. It is a reference publication on the status and importance of the underwater cultural heritage from World War I to nowadays societies, and why it needs to be preserved for future generations.