Abstract
Government has been responsible for the protection and promotion of archaeology in Ireland since 1882, but it was not until 1992 that the Department of Environment for Northern Ireland agreed to take responsibility for maritime archaeology. For its professional staff, the initial years of involvement led to an almost vertical learning curve in an area of archaeology for which there was little knowledge in this country, until a working knowledge of methodology, sources, and skills could be achieved. This chapter aims to record the history and current position of the discipline. While other chapters in this book may look simply at underwater archaeology, this chapter takes a more inclusive perspective: In Northern Ireland, the approach has been to study the interaction of coastal archaeological sites on land, in the intertidal zone, and on the seabed.
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