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Denizcilik Arkeolojisi Dergisi Maritime Archaeology Periodical

he workhop on “Conservation and Restoration velopment of maritime archaeological studies as well
of Marine Archaeological Objects” took place as providing information to the audience about the
Tat the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) contribution of these studies by INA to the scientific
Center in Bodrum between April 21 and 22, 2017 community. Before lunch, another presentation was
with participants from the Selcuk University and con- made by archaeologist Güner Özler from the Bod-
tribution of the Turkish Foundation for Underwater rum Museum of Underwater Archaeology about the
Archaeology (TINA). The participants of the work- activities carried out by the Museum.
shop included Oğuz Aydemir, President of TINA; Jeff Following lunch, Asst. Prof. Hakan Öniz from
Hakko, Metin Ataç, Enes Ediz, Zafer Kızılkaya, the the Selçuk University provided information about
executive committee members of TINA; and Prof. the activities within their university by a presenta-
Dr. Asuman Baldıran, Asst. Prof. Hakan Öniz, Dr. tion titled “Underwater Archaeology, UNESCO and
Murat Karademir from the Selçuk University; and the ICOMOS”. The presentation by Prof.Dr. Asuman
postgraduate students from the Underwater Archaeol- Baldıran, the Head of Archaeology Department
ogy Department of Selçuk University. On the first day of Selçuk University on “the Harbour of Iasos and
of the two-day workshop, presentations were made Seamanship” which focused on previous excavations
for the students to help them become more familiar and the excavations conducted by their team for the
with maritime archaeology, while on the second day last two years was followed by Ceyda Öztosun who
students toured the INA center to get a closer look at introduced the “Awareness Projects in the Area of
the activities and practices carried out by the labora- Underwater Cultural Heritage” carried out by the
tory of the institute. Selçuk University, and Dr. Murat Karademir who
The opening speech was given by Mr. Oğuz presented his studies on the “Medieval Age of Navi-
Aydemir, President of the Turkish Foundation for gation on the Mediterranean Shores of Turkey”. Esra
Underwater Archaeology. Pointing out important is- Altınanıt Biçer from INA highlighted the need for a
sues about the future of maritime archaeology, Mr. long and delicate work to remove or plan to remove
Aydemir asked guests such as Fikret Üçcan, the for- underwater artifacts, providing examples in her pre-
mer counsellor of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and sentation titled “Methods of Conserving and Repair-
Tourism; Alpay Pasinli, the former general director of ing Archaeological Material Recovered from Under-
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Muse- water Sites”. The final presentation of the workshop
ums; and Aykut Özet, the former deputy director gen- was by Orkan Köyağasıoğlu from INA on the “Un-
eral of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage derwater Survey and Excavation Techniques”.
and Museums to share their experiences and recom- The second day of the workshop started with a
mendations with the participating students. tour of the laboratory of the INA Bodrum center.
Following these speeches, Tuba Ekmekçi Little- Briefings given by specialists to the postgraduate
field, Director of the INA Bodrum Research Center students from Selçuk University about conserva-
made a comprehensive presentation on the “Activi- tion and repair works was followed by a visit to the
ties of INA-Institute of Nautical Archaeology”. Her INA library and the Bodrum Museum of Underwater
presentation included milestones of the historical de- Archaeology.

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