Endangered maritime archaeology in North Africa – the MarEA Project

Julia Nikolaus; Kieran Westley; Colin Breen

doi:10.1017/lis.2023.4

Endangered maritime archaeology in North Africa – the MarEA Project

Julia Nikolaus, Kieran Westley, Colin Breen

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Abstract

Increasing pressure – such as from conflict, climate change and urbanisation – on maritime cultural heritage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) led to the establishment of the Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA) Project in 2019. This five-year programme aims to assess rapidly and comprehensively the vulnerability of maritime and coastal heritage in the MENA region and assist in its management in the face of the aforementioned challenges. The two case studies discussed in this article highlight some of the main aspects of MarEA's current work in North Africa by focusing on two different aspects of the methodological approach used: first, the generalised but comprehensive damage and threat assessment, as applied to all sites, and demonstrated for the historic port of Suakin (Sudan); second, site-specific shoreline change assessment for the purpose of assessing the impact of coastal erosion, as demonstrated for the World Heritage Site of Sabratha (Libya).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	Libyan Studies
Volume	54
Early online date	12 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2023.4
Publication status	Published online - 12 Jul 2023

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Funding Information:
We are grateful to Arcadia, a Charitable Fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, for generously funding our project. We would like to thank the EAMENA team (Oxford, Durham and Leicester Universities) for their collaboration, and acknowledge support from antiquities departments, archaeologists and scholars from the MENA region.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies.

Keywords

Maritime Archaeology
Cyrenaica
Coastal Change
Heritage Management
Heritage Protection
Climate Change

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