http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/02/11/partners-sought-to-salvage-cambodian-shipwreck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=partners-sought-to-salvage-cambodian-shipwreck Archaeology news from Southeast Asia Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/02/11/partners-sought-to-salvage-cambodian-shipwreck/#comment-835 Sam Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:53:37 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=1444#comment-835 Typical of Cambodia..... another historic treasure sold or destroyed. Only thing that matters is money.... greed is a bottonless pit..... everything else can go to hell. The police and military sent to guard the site are the first ones plundering it. More donor money for what? Typical of Cambodia….. another historic treasure sold or destroyed. Only thing that matters is money…. greed is a bottonless pit….. everything else can go to hell. The police and military sent to guard the site are the first ones plundering it. More donor money for what?

]]> http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/02/11/partners-sought-to-salvage-cambodian-shipwreck/#comment-834 Nemi Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:09:08 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=1444#comment-834 It's sad to hear this news. Cambodia signed the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage last year. One would expect that the agreement would mean that their signing partners would support a poor country in the implementation of the law, and here they are, looking for help! This discovery, if well studied, could help us understand the trade links that united SEA in the past, and the type of goods that were traded. And if the hull is preserved, then we will have more information in how junks were built. But looters destroy the hulls to reach the cargo, they disturb the site and makes it impossible to interpret what they leave behind. Very sad indeed! It’s sad to hear this news. Cambodia signed the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage last year. One would expect that the agreement would mean that their signing partners would support a poor country in the implementation of the law, and here they are, looking for help! This discovery, if well studied, could help us understand the trade links that united SEA in the past, and the type of goods that were traded. And if the hull is preserved, then we will have more information in how junks were built. But looters destroy the hulls to reach the cargo, they disturb the site and makes it impossible to interpret what they leave behind. Very sad indeed!

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