A Sustainable Approach for the Management and Valorization of Underwater Cultural Heritage: New Perspectives from the TECTONIC Project

Michela Ricca, George Alexandrakis, Alessandra Bonazza, Fabio Bruno, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi, Dolores Elkin, Antonio Lagudi, Stephane Nicolas, Michal Novák, George Papatheodorou, Javier Prieto, Marco Ricci, Antonio Vasilijevic and Mauro Francesco La Russa
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Michela Ricca: Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 CS Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
George Alexandrakis: Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
Alessandra Bonazza: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Fabio Bruno: Department of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering (DIMEG), University of Calabria, 87036 CS Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Barbara Davidde Petriaggi: Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, Via di San Michele, 00153 Rome, Italy
Dolores Elkin: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), and Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, 3 de Febrero, Buenos Aires 1378-1426, Argentina
Antonio Lagudi: 3D Research s.r.l., Ponte P. Bucci, 45/C, 87036 CS Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Stephane Nicolas: PROLEXIA, Centre d’Activité des Playes ZE Jean Monnet, 865 Avenue de Bruxelles, 83500 La Seyne Sur Mer, France
Michal Novák: SYNPO, Akciová Společnost, S. K. Neumanna 1316, 53207 Pardubice, Czech Republic
George Papatheodorou: Department of Geology, Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Javier Prieto: BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, C/Espejo s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Marco Ricci: Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and System Engineering (DIMES), University of Calabria, 87036 CS Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Antonio Vasilijevic: H 2 O Robotics, Unska, 31000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mauro Francesco La Russa: Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 CS Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Documentation and conservation of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) are crucial to preserving humankind’s history and traditions, safeguarding tangible testimonies of past human life while ensuring its accessibility to future generations. The TECTONIC (Technological Consortium TO develop sustainability of underwater Cultural Heritage) project is promoting an intersectoral collaboration between academic and non-academic professionals (i.e., archaeologists, conservators, geologists, engineers, etc.) working on different topics related to UCHs, to find solutions to the issues still existing in the field. The overall aim is the exchange of skills for the improvement and assessment of innovative materials and techniques to develop solutions and marketable products for the conservation and management of the UCH, sustainably. To achieve its overall aim, TECTONIC is undertaking activities driven by the following objectives: (a) the study, documentation, and mapping of selected UCHs; (b) the creation of decision-support tools for UCH risk assessment in a changing environment; (c) the initiation of conservation studies and protocols for conservation activities; (d) the development of open and low-cost robotic solutions for the inspection of UCH; and (e) the raising of public awareness and knowledge about UCH. All the objectives are devoted to stimulating new sustainable ideas that would bring the growth of cultural tourism and the development of new marketable products by capitalizing on the research results.

Keywords: archaeology; protection; materials; sustainability; tourism; underwater cultural heritage (UCH); 3D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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