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TheAdvisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (ACUA) serves as aninternational advisory body on issues relating tounderwater archaeology,conservation, andsubmerged cultural resources management. The ACUA[1] is an independent,non-profit organization closely affiliated with theSociety for Historical Archaeology (SHA).
Its genesis as the Council on Underwater Archaeology was in 1959 and its purpose was fully realized at a meeting in 1963 when a group of archaeologists, historians, and sport divers met in St. Paul, Minnesota for the first international Conference on Underwater Archaeology (CUA).
The first joint conference with the then fledgling Society for Historical Archaeology was held in 1970. By 1973, the present structure and name of the ACUA were established and shortly thereafter the SHA and CUA conferences merged. In 2003, the ACUA and SHA signed aMemorandum of Agreement, formalizing their relationship.[2]
The ACUA maintains several publications including:
The ACUA awards the competitiveGeorge FischerStudent Travel Award annually to provide monetary value in travel support for an international maritime archaeology student to attend and present at the annual Society for Historical and Underwater Archaeology conference. The aware is named afterGeorge Fischer, a founding and emeritus member of the ACUA. Since the inaugural award in 2012, students hailing from different countries have benefited from the support to participate in the exchange of ideas at the annual conference.
The ACUA is composed of twelve individuals[3] elected on a rotating basis for four-year terms by the membership of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The members include professionals from state and federal archaeology programs, museums, non-profit institutes, cultural resource management firms, universities, conservation laboratories, and avocational societies involved in underwater archaeology. The board elects officers for three year terms. All board terms expire at the ACUA business meeting in January.
