examination of archeological evidence of tli(!ir efftu;! on human occupa- 

 tions. The other project is a study of the use of seaweed by the Seri In- 

 dians of Sonora. Mexico, one of the hist of the hunting and gathering 

 peoples. 



Another agency. NPS, has recently initiated a program to protect 

 cultural resources of the OCS. The principal resources of this region in- 

 clude shipwrecks and Indian sites that reflect occupation during low 

 sea-level stages of the last glacial epoch. The program is treated as an in- 

 tegral component of the DOI OCS lease/management system which pro- 

 vides for preleasing surveys and evaluations to determine the likelihood 

 of finding cultural resource-values within tracts to be offered and in- 

 cludes lease terms to protect and permit investigation of any cultural ob- 

 ject on sites that may be discovered in the course of postleasing opera- 

 tions. 



The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the one agen- 

 cy outside the Federal Ocean Program providing support for projects 

 pertaining to man and the sea. NEH does not, however, set aside a fixed 

 amount of funds for any particular subject area. It responds to grant ap- 

 plications but does not solicit them. Awards are granted only after com- 

 petitive reviews by scholars and the presidentially appointed National 

 Council on the Humanities. 



Between 1970 and 1975, NEH has supported projects involving 

 marine archeology (excavation of the ancient harbor of Cosa. 

 reconstruction of a Greek merchant ship) and studies of maritime histo- 

 ry (seaport and coastal town histories, ships and seamanship of the 12th 

 century, the colonial rum trade, the English slave trade with Spanish 

 America, and the naval policy of Imperial Germany). NEW also pro- 

 vided support for museum exhibits on man and the sea. 



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