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The underwater cultural, archaeological and historical findings have been protected by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage since 2002. Slovenia ratified it in 2008. This is especially relevant in Slovenia where one of the biggest and most important archeological sites is, in fact, the Ljubljanica river, declared a cultural monument of national importance in 2003. The pioneer underwater research of its treasures by the then Provincial Museum of Carniola dates back in 1884.
One of the most notable finds is the 40,000 years old point made out of yew wood that puts Ljubljanica among the few European sites where the remains of worked wood dating from the Early Stone Age have been found. Its copy is presented in the Ljubljanica River Exhibition in Vrhnika. The venue is part of a complex Ljubljanica Exhibition and Discovery Site project (2014–2016), led by Irena Šinkovec, archaeologist and curator at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana that won the UNESCO award for best practice in underwater cultural heritage in 2019. The archaeologist Andrej Gaspari (Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana) who laid the foundations of advanced underwater archaeology in Slovenia, has served as a member of the UNESCO Convention's Scientific and Technical Advisory board, and is a member of the International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Some of the underwater finds from the Slovenian part of the Gulfs of Piran and Trieste in the Adriatic Sea, however, have been included also in the collections of the Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum in Piran, which has carried out extensive research into Slovene maritime history and maritime archaeology since 1960s. Several underwater building sites have remained in situ.
External links
- Submerged Past - archaeology of the aquatic environments and underwater cultural heritage exploring in Slovenia, publication edited by Andrej Gaspari and Miran Erič (2012, pdf)
- The Ljubljanica River Phenomenon on the UNESCO website
Articles in category "Underwater cultural heritage"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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Media in category "Underwater cultural heritage"
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- Ljubljanica River Exhibition 2016 The Potocnik family collection items Photo Jaka Babnik.jpg 7,216 × 5,412; 4.69 MB
- Sergej Masera Maritime Museum Piran 2020 Between sea and land Photo Kaja Brezocnik (1).jpg 2,048 × 1,365; 1.22 MB
- Sergej Masera Maritime Museum Piran 2020 Between sea and land Photo Kaja Brezocnik (2).jpg 2,048 × 1,365; 1.31 MB