Looking back at #IKUWA8, I’ve written a recap of the conference and the Ocean Decade Heritage Network (@unoceandecade.bsky.social)'s contributions, reflecting on key discussions and where we are midway through the Ocean Decade.
#OceanHeritage
Mi-octobre se tenait le colloque #IKUWA8, réunissant des spécialistes du monde entier autour de l’archéologie sous-marine et subaquatique.
L’occasion pour notre collègue Simon N’tela, de présenter une étude de cas issue de son travail de thèse.
#archéologie #subaquatique #eveha
It's a wrap! #IKUWA8 has come to an end. Check-out the recap 👉www.vliz.be/en/news/ikuwa8-8th-inter...
📸 © Onroerend Erfgoed (Flanders Heritage Agency); photo: Kris Vandevorst
Just back from packed week at #IKUWA8 conference in Ostend. Lots of great sessions, papers, posters and conversations!
Five people stood on a stage in front of the conference banner
Open Access and Legacy Data on Underwater Cultural Heritage Inventories: An Experience on the Tagus Mouth (Portugal)
Mapping Deep-Sea Shipwrecks: A Review of 10 Years of Research and Missions in Corsica
I enjoyed taking part in the session on Inventorying Underwater Cultural Heritage at #IKUWA8 yesterday. Good to showcase work by HE colleagues to enhance and update the National Marine Heritage Record. historicengland.org.uk/research/sup...
On the last day of the #ikuwa8 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology. A special session was held with speakers talking on #archaeology, #history and #heritage of #fishweirs #Yap in #Micronesia, #Penghu #Taiwan, #Canada #Spain
#coastalhistory #CoastsInMind #oceandecadeheritage
Some images from the last day of #ikuwa8 conference in # Ostend #Belgium. Aquileia Waterscape. Ships, Routes and Ports of the Northern Adriatic Metropolis -Shifting Sands, Massimo Capulli
Ebbing Tides: Investigating Newly Uncovered Wrecks on Portmarnock's Velvet Strand - Jordan Hanson
Some images from the last day of #ikuwa8 conference
• Medieval and Post-Medieval Intertidal Shipwrecks in Northern #Norway: Gauging the Benefits and Challenges of a Liminal Context - Stephen Wickler
• Intertidal Archaeology in the #BasqueCountry: Updating the Knowledge - Jose Manuel Matés Luque
Ultimate day of the #ikuwa8 conference in #ostend #Belgium.
Talks looking at #intertidalarchaeology and #coastalcultures.
#maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory #coastsinmind #molarchaeology #oceandecadeheritage 1/2
Jason Lowther and Beccy Austin presenting on the development of a common enforcement manual for heritage crime at sea
Giles Richardson speaking about the work of the Maritime Observatory
Jenny Kent speaking about site security champions for protected wreck sites
Alison James presenting new technology to protectively mark artefacts underwater
Excellent session on marine heritage crime at #IKUWA8 this afternoon
The ODHN booth at IKUWA8: our table with flyers, seaweed paper bookmarks, buttons, and a video screen, with a large poster display behind us.
At #IKUWA8? Come find us on Level 4 (Panorama Room)! We’re here all conference long. Drop by for a chat and grab one of our seaweed paper bookmarks 📖💙
Licensee Ron Howell stranding on top of the cliff overlooking the Salcombe protected wreck site
Diver investigating a wreck on the seabed
Good to speak at #IKUWA8 today about the essential role played by volunteer Licensees in monitoring and protecting underwater cultural heritage in England. This short film by Michael Pitts and @msdsmarine.bsky.social showcases the work of volunteers over the last 50 years - youtu.be/2LRUziYK__I?...
"There is no big conspiracy against women in maritime archaeology" - senior male maritime archaeologist
Fab talk on bleak statistics by Julie Satchell, who examines gender-based challenges in maritime archaeology.
#IKUWA8
We are in Oostende, Belgium for #IKUWA8! As ever it's great to meet up with authors - pictured are Jessica Berry and David Parham with their books: 'The Poole Iron Age Logboat', and 'The Swash Channel Wreck'
#Archaeology #Heritage #Publishing #Research
We're at Ikuwa (the 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology) in Oostende, Belgium. Paul, our newest member of the Swale team, is representing us! As well as chairing an exciting session on stone fish weirs 🐟 If you're there pop by and say hi 👋
#ikuwa8 @stonefishweirs.bsky.social
In Ostend for the #IKUWA8 conference. The HE maritime team will be presenting various papers through the week
Me standing next to my IKUWA poster
I'm in Ostende this week for #IKUWA8! Come see my poster. I'm also standing in for @hlsteyne.bsky.social speaking on the benefits of offshore development for palaeolandscapes research this afternoon in session D3, 16.00-18.15, room Atelier+1.
Jon Henderson speaks animatedly on the IKUWA8 stage, gesturing toward a large screen displaying the main aims of the Ocean Decade Heritage Network.
"If marine archaeology disappeared off the global agenda, would anyone notice?" Jon Henderson starts off #IKUWA8 with the evocative keynote "Is Marine Archaeology even a thing? Ocean Heritage and the Sustainable Development Agenda."
Jon Henderson on stage at IKUWA8 in front of a big screen showing waves and the title of the talk: "Is Marine Archaeology even a thing? Ocean Heritage and the Sustainable Development Agenda"
Jon Henderson kicks off #IKUWA8 with the a thought-provoking keynote: "Is Marine Archaeology even a thing?" on the (in)visibility of #UCH and the importance of getting it onto the global agenda.
🌊🏺The 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology #IKUWA8 takes place in Ostend this week. With 400+ participants from all over the world (>50 countries from 6 continents), it's the largest congress in the history of IKUWA. A week full exciting tales telling our past! 🤝
#ikuwa8 We are coming to IKUWA 8 the 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology, Oostende (Belgium) from October 13th/17th, 2025!
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Session F2. Tales of the Tide: the archaeology and cultural heritage of fish weir traditions. #coastalhistory #maritimememory
Registrations for the #IKUWA8 conference are now open!
⏰ Early bird rates: until 31 July
⏳ Registration closes: 28 September
📆 Conference dates: 13–17 October
Register now to secure your place!
Registrations are now open for #IKUWA8 The 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology, takes place in Oostende (Belgium) from October 13th to October 17th vliz.be/ikuwa8/
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I'm co-organising a session on #ocean #heritage at #IKUWA8 with CHFP! We're inviting abstract submissions that highlight the role of marine cultural heritage in sustainable ocean practices, literacy, and policy. The call for papers closes soon—submit by 15 March!
🚨The #CfP for #IKUWA8 closes soon!
CHFP is hosting Session C1: "Integrating Marine Cultural Heritage into the UN Ocean Decade: A Pathway to Sustainable Ocean Governance". Submit your abstract by 15 March.
📣 Call for Papers 📣
On #IKUWA8, the International Congress for Underwater #Archaeology (Ostend, October 13-17), we organise the session 'Turn the Tide – Methods to unmud intertidal cultural heritage'
📎 Find our session here: www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en/se...
📩 And submit your abstract before March 15
