Symposium to plumb
sea archaeologyThe 15th annual Symposium on Maritime Archaeology and History of Hawaii and the Pacific will be held Saturday through Monday at the Pacific Beach Hotel in Waikiki.
The keynote speaker will be Hans Van Tilburg, maritime heritage manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve.
He will discuss NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program in the Pacific.
The theme of the symposium is "The Future of Maritime Archaeology in the Pacific." Presentations include studies of World War II events and shipwrecks, and experimental approaches to traditional voyaging.
The symposium is sponsored by UH's Marine Option Program and Department of Anthropology, and the Maritime Archaeology and History of the Hawaiian Islands Foundation. For more information, visit www.mahhi.org.
