Interdisciplinary and Community Inclusive Approaches to Submerged WWII Heritage Research in the Pacific
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Interdisciplinary and Community Inclusive Approaches to Submerged WWII Heritage Research in the Pacific
Description
There are many opportunities, challenges, and competing interests related to the development of research on and
preservation of submerged WWII heritage in the Pacific. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary, community
inclusive project which brings together historians, archaeologists, biologists, conservation scientists,
photogrammetry specialists, GIS specialists, veterans and Micronesians to focus on the archaeological and
biological research of WWII underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in the Mariana Islands, specifically Saipan. It is a
continuation of research that has been underway since 2008 on WWII sites related to the battle for Saipan and
includes a third set of data collection spanning 15 years. At the time of writing, the project is currently
underway, and results will be reported at the conference. As such, this paper is an overview of the work being
conducted with adjustments made as the field project progresses.
preservation of submerged WWII heritage in the Pacific. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary, community
inclusive project which brings together historians, archaeologists, biologists, conservation scientists,
photogrammetry specialists, GIS specialists, veterans and Micronesians to focus on the archaeological and
biological research of WWII underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in the Mariana Islands, specifically Saipan. It is a
continuation of research that has been underway since 2008 on WWII sites related to the battle for Saipan and
includes a third set of data collection spanning 15 years. At the time of writing, the project is currently
underway, and results will be reported at the conference. As such, this paper is an overview of the work being
conducted with adjustments made as the field project progresses.
Creator
Jennifer F. McKinnon
David Benavente
Toni L. Carrell
Erin Field
Vicki Richards
Della Scott-Ireton
Mark Stephens
Aleck Tan
Kota Yamafune
Publisher
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Date
2023
Language
English
Bibliographic Citation
McKinnon, Jennifer F.. 2023. “Interdisciplinary and Community Inclusive Approaches to Submerged WWII Heritage Research in the Pacific.” Edited by Jennifer Craig, Jay Mok, T. Kurt Knoerl, and Alexis Catsambis. In Proceedings of Fifth Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage: Gwangju, The Republic of Korea, November 13-18 2023. The Museum of Underwater Archaeology. URL: https://apconf.omeka.net/exhibits/show/apconfproceedings/item/1899
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Jennifer F. McKinnon et al., “Interdisciplinary and Community Inclusive Approaches to Submerged WWII Heritage Research in the Pacific,” Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Proceedings, accessed February 10, 2026, https://apconf.omeka.net/items/show/1899.