Nautical Archaeology Society
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| Abbreviation | NAS |
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| Predecessor | Council for Nautical Archaeology (CNA) |
| Formation | 1972 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Company limited by guarantee |
| Purpose | Nautical Archaeological research, publishing, education & training |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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President
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Phil Harding |
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Vice president
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David Blackman |
| Website | nauticalarchaeologysociety |
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Formerly called
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Nautical Archaeology Trust (NAT) |
The Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.
The charitable aims and object of the company are to further research in Nautical Archaeology and publish the results of such research and to advance education and training in the techniques pertaining to the study of Nautical Archaeology for the benefit of the public.
Nautical archaeology is an archaeological sub-discipline more generally known as maritime archaeology, which encompasses the archaeology of shipwrecks, underwater archaeology and archaeology of related features.
The society's logo is derived from an ancient engraving depicting nautical activity.
The predecessor of the Nautical Archaeology Society was the Council for Nautical Archaeology (CNA). This was formed in 1964 initially under the name the Committee for Nautical Archaeology:"so as to ensure that the many discoveries being made by divers should not go by default through lack of contact with the appropriate learned bodies and to act as a channel of communication with the many interests that were growing up in this new field of research and exploration."
The inaugural meeting of the CNA was held in Joan du Plat Taylor's office at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, at the University of London. The Council membership included the Council for British Archaeology, the British Museum, the National Maritime Museum, the Institute of Archaeology at London University, the Society for Nautical Research and the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology. The British Sub-Aqua Club was also represented on the council.
It was the CNA that was responsible for establishing the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and the Nautical Archaeology Trust in 1972, but it was also concerned with the promotion of legislation for the protection of nautical archaeological sites playing a key part in what became the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
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