The Spring 2010 Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar will focus on providing COURSE DIRECTORS, INSTRUCTOR TRAINERS, and INSTRUCTORS with a greater knowledge of how to proactively protect shipwrecks, artificial reefs, and other underwater cultural sites. Upon completion of the Seminar, you will be able to teach the new Heritage Awareness Specialty Course (approved by NAUI, PADI, and SSI) and will know how to promote sustainable underwater heritage tourism in your area. The two-day seminar will include one day of classroom-based learning and one day of in-field training. A welcome reception will be held on the evening of May 17, 2010. Please contact Jeff Moates of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (information below) with any questions before April 30, 2010 to reserve your space in the Seminar.

The classroom session will include a series of lectures on:

• Underwater archaeology, shipwrecks, and ship construction

• Seafaring culture: what we can learn from shipwrecks

• Issues in conservation: take only photos and leave only bubbles

• Laws pertaining to submerged cultural resources – both federal and state

• Artificial reefs: the importance of maintaining shipwrecks for sea life

• Teaching outline and classroom modules for your training organization

• And more…

The in-field training will include:

• The diving provides participants with direct experience relating to the previous day’s lectures.