Underwater archaeology Books

Book SynopsisThe end of the 16th century saw Dutch expansion in Asia, as The Dutch East India Company (the VOC) was fast becoming an Asian power, both political and economic. By 1669, the VOC was the richest private company the world had ever seen. This landmark study looks at perhaps the most important tool in the Company’ trading - its ships. In order to reconstruct the complete shipping activities of the VOC, the author created a unique database of the ships' movements, including frigates and other, hitherto ingored, smaller vessels. Parthesius’s research into the routes and the types of ships in the service of the VOC proves that it was precisely the wide range of types and sizes of vessels that gave the Company the ability to sail – and continue its profitable trade - the year round. Furthermore, it appears that the VOC commanded at least twice the number of ships than earlier historians have ascertained. Combining the best of maritime and social history, this book will change our understanding of the commercial dynamics of the most successful economic organization of the period.Table of ContentsTable of contents - 6 Foreword - 10 1. Introduction - 12 2. The database and methodology - 16 3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660 - 32 4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620 - 52 5. The development of the VOC fleet - 66 6. The shipping and logistics in operation - 96 7. Knitting all the threads together: the logistics of the network - 114 8. An analysis of the development of VOC shipping in Asia until 1660 - 126 9. Fleets per region - 146 10. Conclusions - 164 Notes - 174 References - 180 List of vessels in service during the period 1596-1660 - 190 Index - 212

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Book SynopsisThe ocean is humanity''s largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles they fought, like Actium, Trafalgar, Tsushima, Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and Midway. This book is a dramatic global tour of the vast underwater museum of lost warships. It is also an account of how underwater exploration has discovered them, resolving mysteries, adding to our understanding of the past, and providing intimate details of the life of war at sea. Arranged chronologically, the book begins with ancient times and the warships and battles of the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, the Chinese, and progresses through three thousand years to the lost ships of the Cold War. In bringing this violent past to life, James Delgado''s approach is informed by scholarship, but it is not academic. Through his insights as an explorer, archaeologist, and story teller, Delgado provides a unique and idiosyncratic history of naval warfare, the evolution of its strategy and technology, and it critical impact on the past. From fallen triremes and galleons to dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers, and nuclear submarines, this book vividly brings naval warfare to life.Trade ReviewIndeed, to this reviewer, the chapters almost read like a binge watching session of different seasons of the individual shows he is so known for outside academia. On the other hand, just like them, given his(author's) fluent and entertaining writing style, the pages truly fly by...War at Sea will be of interest to both seasoned students of naval warfare as anyone new to the subject given Delgado's selection of shipwrecks, and not just in terms of the variety ship types covered. * Alexander Van der Biest, Instagram; paper_can_reviews *This book is both an eminently readable crash course in naval history in general and a valuable almanac of important military shipwrecks. Interspersed at appropriate points are paragraphs that furnish necessary historical context that cannot be provided by analysing individual wrecks. * Philip Sims, University of Southampton, England, UK, The International Journal of Nautical Archaelogy *This book is a useful tool for educators who wish to bring more naval history into their classrooms. High school and undergraduate students will find the text lively and easy to understand, though assigning the entire book would probably best work in an upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses on oceans in world and military history. Public historians will find valuable information on artifacts and exhibits preserved in museums and private collections around the world. Scholars engaged in military history, certainly those focused on land warfare, will find material useful in expanding their view of military engagement. * Cynthia Ross, World History Connected *Table of ContentsPreface Classic Age Naval Warfare War at Sea After and Beyond Pax Romana The Rise of the Gun Wooden Walls Wars for America From Wood and Canvas to Iron and Steam Steel Navies and the Rise and Fall of Empires World War I Global War The Cold War Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of the world's remote Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean

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Book SynopsisUnderwater archaeology paints a dramatic picture of life in the prehistoric past. The public perception of underwater archaeology is usually related to shipwrecks and yet there are thousands of submerged settlement sites from all periods. Most of these lie in shallow waters and are therefore readily accessible to the underwater archaeologist. This book explains the methods of working underwater and the exciting discoveries from a number of sites in Scotland.

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Book SynopsisRecent developments in deep-sea technology, that make possible the recovery of materials from virtually the entire ocean floor, mean that marine treasure hunting has become a matter of major international interest. Sarah Dromgoole provides a clear and well-informed account of the complex and controversial international legal framework governing this issue.Trade Review'This book is an excellent treatise by one of the most prolific writers in the field of international law regarding underwater cultural heritage … The law pertaining to underwater cultural heritage is relatively new and involves a weave of domestic and international law, including the law of the sea, maritime law, property law, sovereign immunity, historic preservation law and the standards and practices of archaeology … Professor Dromgoole untangles all of this to help the reader understand the law and controversies regarding the protection of underwater cultural heritage (UCH), particularly in the context of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage and its relationship with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.' Ole Varmer, International Journal of Maritime and Coastal Law'The author's conclusion of an inevitable convergence of practice under the LOSC and UNESCO regimes is compelling, as is her meticulous commentary on the emerging law … This volume will serve as a superb reference for years to come.' James Nafziger, International Journal of Cultural Property'Dromgoole provides a thorough and enjoyable analysis of the current status of underwater cultural heritage as it relates to international law. Using a clear, chronological format which is articulated in plain language, she does an excellent job of addressing the developments and modern challenges that surround the underwater cultural heritage and the law of the sea.' Breanna Needham, Saskatchewan Law Review'The merit of the book is its complete and systematic examination of the law of UCH taking into account the interest of the international community and the preservation of remnants of the past … [It] is recommended to scholars and practitioners, as well as to all those who believe that the preservation of the cultural heritage is a task which should be promoted for the benefit of mankind.' Natalino Ronzitti, Italian Yearbook of International Law'[This] book is well written and clear even for the layman. It is full of references, well indexed and includes useful abbreviations … a key study tool for maritime law students and professional maritime archaeologists. It would also be a very useful reference book in the libraries of companies in the maritime sector.' Garry Momber, Underwater TechnologyTable of Contents1. The evolution of international law on underwater cultural heritage; 2. Defining underwater cultural heritage; 3. Ownership and other interests in underwater cultural heritage; 4. Sunken state vessels and aircraft; 5. Application of salvage law and the law of finds; 6. Commercial exploitation of underwater cultural heritage; 7. Rights, jurisdiction and duties under general international law; 8. UNESCO Convention 2001: jurisdictional mechanisms; 9. UNESCO Convention 2001: implementation issues; 10. UNESCO Convention 2001: further matters; Final reflections.

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Book SynopsisA detailed study of history and marine archaeology of an innovative late-World War II U-boat that currently lies as a wreck in the Potomac River.Now in its final resting place at the bottom of the Potomac River in Maryland, the U-Boat U-1105 is unique among German World War II submarines. Technologically innovative, it was the only U-Boat to conduct a wartime patrol while equipped with the snorkel, GHG Balkon passive sonar and a rubberized coating known as Alberich designed to reduce its acoustic signature and hide from Allied sonar. After the end of World War II, it was the subject of instense testing and evaluation by the Allies, before finally being sunk to the bottom of the Potomac River.This highly illustrated book uses many new and previously unpublished images to tell the full story of this remarkable U-Boat, evaluating the effectiveness of its late war technologies, document its extensive postwar testing and detail all the features still present on the

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Book SynopsisThroughout life black Africans in the Bahamas worked, voluntarily or not, and possessed material items of various degrees of importance to them and within their culture. St. Matthews was a cemetery in Nassau at the water's edge--or sometimes slightly below. This project emerged from archaeological excavations at this site to identify and recover materials associated with the interred before the area was completely developed. The area has been -collected- for decades--both professionally and by interested citizens, and Dr. Turner, a native Bahamian, coupled the results of her research excavations with the collections and archival material, to provide insight into the lives and deaths of the interred.

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Book SynopsisHuman-sea relations are important factors in past and present human evolution. Discussions about these relations have ranged from shellfish gathering at beaches to the elaboration of technological, social and cognitive systems for marine foraging. The role of the marine environment is now seen as a primary factor in the understanding of social complexity. Archaeological data and methods are uniquely placed to produce interesting perspectives about human adaptations to the sea through global and local dimensions, geological, archaeological and ethnographic timescales, and empirical studies of cultural practice.This volume brings together an international collection of papers in which human-sea relations are analyzed through various temporal and spatial scales. The themes covered include initial developments and further elaboration of marine foraging, technological and logistical implications of travelling by sea, interrelations between social and cognitive systems, settlement patterns and subsistence of marine hunter-gatherers, landscape archaeology and palaeogeographic models and the role of marine resources in human-sea relations.This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists and researchers from related disciplines.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Archaeological Perspectives on Human-Sea RelationsHein B. Bjerck and A. Francisco J. ZangrandoPart I: Beginnings: Early Marine Foraging and Adaptive Trajectories1. Shells on the HillEsteban Alvarez-Fernandez, University of Salamanca2. The Emergence of Sedentism in Mesolithic Western NorwayKnut Andreas Bergsvik, University of Bergen, et al3. Exploring the Role of Pinnipeds in the Human Colonization of the Seascapes of Patagonia and ScandinaviaHein B. Bjerck, et al4. On the Applicability of Environmental and Ethnographic Reference FramesHeidi Mjelva Breivik, et al5. Hakai, a Late-glacial to Early Holocene Paleoshoreline 'Sweet Spot' on the West Coast of CanadaDaryl Fedje and Duncan McLaren, both at University of Victoria, Canada6. Two Case Studies in the Initial Early Holocene Colonisation in Parts of Europe's Atlantic EdgesPeter C. Woodman, University College Cork7. Exploring Trajectories towards Social ComplexityA. Francisco J. Zangrando, et alPart II: Life Styles: Settlements and Subsistence by the Sea8. Searching for Maritime Hunter-gatherer Archaeological Record in the Shifting Shorelines of the South Pacific Coast Omar Reyes Baez, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile, et al9. Archaeology of Maritime Hunter-gatherers from Southernmost Patagonia, South AmericaManuel San Roman Bontes, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile, et al10. Home by the SeaSilje E. Fretheim, et al11. Coastal Hazards, Resiliency and the Co-evolution of Human-natural Systems along the Southeast Coast of Sri Lanka during the Late Quaternary Hans Harmsen and Priyantha Karunaratne, both at SUNY, Buffalo12. Icescapes and ArchaeologyJason Rogers, University of Exeter13. A Submerged Mesolithic Grave Site Reveals Remains of the First Norwegian Seal HuntersBirgitte Skar, et al14. Rethinking the Mesolithic of the Sado Paleoestuary, PortugalJoaquina Soares, University of Lisbon15. Marine Adaptation in the Middle Mesolithic of South-eastern NorwaySteinar Solheim and Per Persson, both at the University of Oslo16. Fishing as a New Commercial Profession and the Dawn of New Habitation along the Norwegian CoastHelge Sorheim, University of Stavanger, NorwayPart III: Seafaring: Logistics, Encounters and Communications17. Indigenous Sailing in the ArcticEvguenia Anichtchenko, University of Southampton18. Chaloupes and KayaksAmanda Crompton and Lisa Rankin, both at Memorial University, Newfoundland19. The Seascapes of SantarosaeJon M. Erlandson, University of Oregon20. Marine Ventures in the Stone Age Rock Art of FennoscandiaJan Magne Gjerde, University of Oslo21. Marine Ventures and Thomas Bridges' Yamana-English DictionaryMagnhild M. Husoy and Elisabeth F. Swensen, both at NTNU22. Quartz Utilization along the Coast of Southern NorwaySvein Vatsvag Nielsen, University of Oslo, et al23. Kayaks and ChaloupesLisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton24. Bronze Age Connections across the Baltic SeaUwe Sperling, Tartu University, Estonia

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Book SynopsisCelebrating the theme ‘Shared heritage’, IKUWA6 (the 6th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology), was the first such major conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first IKUWA meeting hosted outside Europe since the organisation’s inception in Germany in the 1990s. A primary objective of holding IKUWA6 in Australia was to give greater voice to practitioners and emerging researchers across the Asia and Pacific regions who are often not well represented in northern hemisphere scientific gatherings of this scale; and, to focus on the areas of overlap in our mutual heritage, techniques and technology. Drawing together peer-reviewed presentations by delegates from across the world who converged in Fremantle in 2016 to participate, this volume covers a stimulating diversity of themes and niche topics of value to maritime archaeology practitioners, researchers, students, historians and museum professionals across the world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgment to Country ; Preface ; Conference Organisation and Acknowledgements ; UNESCO Roundtable ; 1. A Brief Update on Australia’s Consideration and Status for Ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage – Andrew Viduka ; 2. The Belitung Shipwreck Collection and Maritime Archaeology in South-East Asia: What is the Way Forward? – Jennifer Rodrigues ; Current and Future Prospects of UCH Studies and Management in East Asia ; 3. An Rov Can Engage Young People in Community Archaeology – Norimitsu Sakagami and Jun Kimura ; 4. Research on the Wreck Sites, Sea Routes and the Ships in the Ryukyu Archipelago – Chiaki Katagiri, Rintaro Ono, Yumiko Nakanishi and Hiroki Miyagi ; Tying the Knot: Western and Eastern Trade Ships in the Pacific and Indian Oceans ; 5. Wreck Check’s Closing in on the Fortuyn Project – Graeme John Henderson, Andrew Viduka, Alex Moss and James Parkinson ; 6. An Account of Stone Anchors Along the Northern Shoreline of the Persian Gulf – Sorna Khakzad and Ali Moosaie ; Boats in Context and the Study of early Watercraft ; 7. The Social Context of Boats and Maritime Trade in Late Medieval Norway: Case Studies from Northern and Southern Peripheries – Stephen Wickler and Tori Falck ; 8. Logboat Ižanska I (SI-81) from Ljubljana: New Evidence of Iron Age Transportation on the Ljubljana Marshes, Slovenia – Pavla Peterle Udovič and Miran Erič ; 9. ’Know the Ropes’—Boat Representation on 17th and 18th-Century Portuguese Tin-Glaze Ware – Mário Varela Gomes and Tania Manuel Casimiro ; 10. Does an Extended Logboat Drevák from the Notranjska Region (Slovenia) Originate from the Celtic-Roman Shipbuilding Tradition? – Miran Erič, Ljoba Jenče and Zala Erič ; Floating Forests, Submerged Forests: an environmental History of Trees ; 11. The Ribadeo Shipwreck (c. 1600): Can We Identify the Ship Through a Multidisciplinary Approach? – Beñat Eguiluz Miranda, Marta Domínguez Delmás, Koldo Trápaga Monchet, Miguel San Claudio Santa Cruz and José Luis Gasch-Tomás ; 12. Reconstructing Trees from Ship Timber Assemblages Using 3d Modelling Technologies: Evidence from the Belinho 1 Shipwreck in Northern Portugal – Adolfo Miguel Martins, Ana Almeida, Ivone Magalhães, Filipe Castro, Jemma Bezant, Marta Domínguez-Delmás, Nigel Nayling and Peter Groenendijk ; 13. From Forests to the Sea, from the Sea to the Laboratory: the Timbers of the Frigate Santa Maria Magdalena (18th Century) – Ana Rita Trindade, Marta Domínguez-Delmás,Mohamed Traoré, Nathan Gallagher, Sara Rich and Adolfo Miguel Martins ; 14. Maritime Archaeological Timber Sampling: Methods and Results from the Silty Solent – Sara Rich, Garry Momber and Nigel Nayling ; Maritime Archaeology, Capacity Building and Training in the Developing World ; 15. The Maritime Archaeological Survey of Oman—Building Capacity for a Sustainable Future – Lucy Blue, Jeremy Green and Tom Vosmer ; 16. From Try Dive to Wreck Documentation: Archaeological Research and Capacity Building in Saudi Arabia – Michaela Reinfeld and Winfried Held ; 17. Maritime Archaeology in Post-War Lebanon: Trade, Challenges, and Future Prospects – Lucy Semaan ; 18. A Value-Based Model for Capability Building in Maritime Archaeology in the Developing World – Mark Staniforth and Paddy O’Toole ; French Scientific and Exploration Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere: the Making of a Shared Cultural Heritage ; 19. ‘Vive la France’—Louis de Saint Aloüarn and the French Claim to the Western Part of New Holland – Myra Stanbury ; 20. Sailors, Savants, Naming: France and the Knowing of Oceania, 1756–1840 – Bronwen Douglas ; Boats, Trade and Exploration ; 21. Hahotrim, Israel: A Late Second-Millennium BC Group of Metal Scrap Artefacts – Shelley Wachsmann ; 22. Waterlogged Ivory Conservation: Elephant Tusks at El Bajo De La Campana, San Javier, Murcia (Spain) – Milagros Buendía Ortuño ; 23. Shipwrecks and Cargoes. Trade Routes of the Mediterranean Sea as Seen Through the Finds of Hellenistic Moldmade Relief Bowls – Antonella Antonazzo ; Presenting Maritime and Underwater Archaeology in Museums in the 21st Century ; 24. It’s Not About a Ship: Presenting the Mary Rose in a New Museum – Christopher Dobbs ; 25. Underwater Cultural Heritage and Maritime Museums—the Past and the Future – Omaima Ahmed Eldeeb ; 26. Making a Lot with Very Little: the Western Australian Museum’s ‘steamship to Suffragettes’ Exhibit – Nicolas Bigourdan, Kevin Edwards and Michael McCarthy ; 27. Aims and Targets of Maritime Museums and Exhibitions in Europe: Six Case Studies from Germany, Greece and Italy – Marina Maria Serena Nuovo ; 28. Apoxyomenos—Underwater Cultural Heritage and Museum in the Service of the Local Community – Zrinka Ettinger Starčić and Hrvoje Potrebica ; 29. Pursuing Sustainable Preservation and Valorisation of Underwater Cultural Heritage: Okinawa’s Pilot Project for an Underwater Site Museum – Yumiko Nakanish, Rintaro Ono, Chiaki Katagiri, Norimitsu Sakagami and Takashi Tetsu ; Scientific Techniques, Digital Platforms and new Technological Applications for Maritime Archaeology ; 30. Sensing Tidal Landscapes: Remote Sensing for Identification of Underwater Archaeological Heritage in Shallow Waters – Arianna Traviglia and Anna Bernardoni ; 31. Mapping Submerged Stone Age Sites Using Acoustics: Some Experimental Results – Ole Grøn, Lars Ole Boldreel, Jean-Pierre Hermand, Hugo Rasmussen, Antonio Dell’Anno, Deborah Cvikel, Ehud Galili, Bo Madsen and Egon Nørmark ; 32. Archaeology of a Great War U-boat Attack Off Southern Portugal: Development and Adaptation of Methods and Techniques – Jorge Russo and Augusto Salgado ; 33. Digitising Wrecks on the Foreshore: The Case of a Seventeenth-Century Wreck in Brittany, France – Marine Jaouen, Olivia Hulot, Eric Rieth and Sammy Bertoliatti ; 34. How an Amateur Group Produced a Smartphone App for Shipwrecks ‘We wanted to bring History out of boxes’ —and Direct to the Public – Ian Warne ; 35. A Sub-Bottom Profiler and Multibeam Echo Sounder Integrated Approach as a Preventive Archaeological Diagnosis Prior to Harbour Extensions – Philippe Pelgas and Yann Le Faou ; Three-Dimensional Digitisation Techniques and Technologies in Maritime Archaeology ; 36. Seventeenth-Century ‘Glass Wreck’ Research Using Photogrammetric 3d Documentation—the ‘Virtual Open-Air Museum of Wrecks in the Gulf of Gdańsk’ Project – Tomasz Bednarz ; 37. High-resolution Digital Recording Techniques and Taphonomic Trajectories: Multi-image Photogrammetry Applied to a Drowned Late Pleistocene Site in Central Chile (32°s) – Isabel Cartajena, López Patricio, Carabias Diego, Jennifer Pavez, David Letelier, Renato Simonett and Carla Morales ; 38. The Role of 3D Representations in the Interpretation and in Situ Preservation of Archaeological Heritage: The Case of the Building with Porticoed Courtyard of the Portus Iulius in Submerged Baiae (Pozzuoli, Naples) – Barbara Davidde Petriagg, Massimiliano Secci, Luca Sanna, Gabriele Gomez de Ayala and Pier Giorgio Spanu ; 39. The Influence of the Point Cloud Comparison Methods on the Verification of Point Clouds Using the Batavia Reconstruction as a Case Study – Petra Helmholz, David Belton, Nick Oliver, Joshua Hollick and Andrew Woods ; Revisiting Old Sites And Legacy Data Using New Technologies and Approaches ; 40. 3D Reconstruction of the Batavia (1629) Wreck Site from Historical (1970s) Photography – Andrew Woods, Nick Oliver, Joshua Hollick, Jeremy Green and Patrick Baker ; 41. Integrating Legacy Excavation Survey Data with New Technologies—the James Matthews Experience – Trevor Colin Winton ; 42. Reconstruction of a Water Supply System Using Lidar Surveying – Frida Occelli, Micaela Leonardi ; 43. Art and Documentation Serving Underwater Archaeology in the Interpretation of History – Ramon Orrite and Angel Tobar ; 44. A New Look at Old Cannon: Interim Report on the Gun Rocks Site – Peta Danielle Knott and John Kennington McCarthy ; The Final Frontier: Technological Development and the Deep Shipwreck Resource ; 45. Prospecting and Digging to 1100m with an Rov: The 2016 Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes Campaign – Iván Negueruela Martínez, Patricia Recio Sánchez, Rocío Castillo Belinchón and Juan Luis Sierra Méndez ; 46. The Six Million Dollar Hand: A Robotic Hand for Remotely Operated Deep Archaeology – Denis Degez, Michel L’Hour and Vincent Creuze ; Effective and Sustained Monitoring, in-situ Preservation and Conservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage ; 47. Erosion and Archaeological Heritage—Protection Measures for Lakes Constance and Zurich (central Europe) – Beat Eberschweiler ; 48. In Situ Preservation and Monitoring of a Wooden Shipwreck Discovered in an Intertidal Zone in Korea – Mi Young Cha ; 49. In Situ Preservation of the James Matthews: Past, Present and Future – Vicki Richards and Peter Veth ; 50. A Review of Waterlogged Wood Treatments in Slovenia and a New Approach to the Treatment of a Large Roman Logboat from the Ljubljanica River – Katja Kavkler and Miran Erič ; Maritime Cultural Heritage Management ; 51. An Underwater Archaeology Lesson from Pioneers Echoed in the UNESCO Convention – Elena Flavia Castagnino Berlinghieri and David John Blackman ; 52. Documentation of a Hermitage Submerged in the Reservoir of Buendia (Spain) as an Example of Collaboration Between Divers and Institutions for the Protection of UCH – Rocío Castillo-Belinchón, Rogelio de la Vega-Panizo, Ángel M. Tobar-Escudero, María Elena Labrandero-Pulgar and David Munuera-Navarro ; 53. Balancing Safety and Significance: The SS Dicky Shipwreck – Danielle Wilkinson ; 54. Impacts and Issues of the Commercial Exploitation of the Åland ‘Champagne Schooner’ – Ville Peltokorpi ; 55. Global Database of Early Watercraft: Beginnings, Development and Future Plans – Bojan Kastelic, Miran Erič, Goran Zlodi and Solina Franc ; 56. Late 19th and Early 20th-Century Institutional Wares of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company: Preliminary Assessment of the Valparaiso Fiscal Mole Ceramic Assemblage, Chile – Angela Maria Rodriguez, Valeria Sepúlveda and Diego Carabias ; Cultural Landscapes and Seascapes ; 57. Sensory Navigation in the Roman Mediterranean: the Levantine and Ionian Seascapes – Carmen Macleroy Obied and E. Steven Lopez ; 58. Shipwrecks and Communities: Responses to Shipping Mishaps in Victoria, Australia – Brad Duncan and Martin Gibbs ; 59. An Interdisciplinary and Layered Approach Towards Reconstruction of the Late Medieval Maritime Cultural Landscapes of the Noordoostpolder Region, the Netherlands – Yftinus van Popta ; The Social Archaeology of Ports, Harbours and Watery Places ; 60. Cultural Landscapes at the Urban Waterside: Investigating the Impacts and Effects of the Chelsea Embankment Construction on Working-Class Riverside Residents – Hanna Steyne ; 61. Vado Ligure Bay (Liguria, Italy)—Dredging Through the Long Life of an Ancient Harbour – Frida Occelli and Simon Luca Trigona ; 62. The Adriatic Communication Area: Studies in the Archaeology of Roman Port and Harbour Cities – Julia Daum and Martina Seifert ; 63. Living at the Coast and Working at Sea—Some Aspects of Social Archaeology of a 15th-Century Fishing Settlement Along the Coast of Flanders (Ostend, Belgium) – Marnix Pieters ; 64. Landing Sites—Trading Sites: Maritime Hotspots of the Ancient Mediterranean – Aylin Güngör ; 65. The Limassol Carnayo: Where Maritime and Intangible Cultural Heritage Converge – Maria Ktori ; The Geoarchaeology of Harbours: Current Research and Future Directions ; 66. Forty Years (and More) Since the Colston Symposium: An Archaeologist’s View – David John Blackman ; 67. Tallinn Harbour from the Middle Ages: Studies of the Former and Current Seabed – Maili Roio ; Naval Warfare ; 68. The Maritime Archaeology of Duplex Drive Tanks in the United Kingdom – Thomas Cousins, Thomas Harrison and Dave Parham ; 69. Missing Link—Evidence of the Military Evolution of a Global Empire – Irini Alexandra Malliaros ; 70. The Military Dockyards of the Greek World – Nicol Tollis

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Book SynopsisTwo of the questions most frequently asked by archaeologists of sites and the objects that populate them are ‘How old are you?’ and ‘Where are you from?’ These questions can often be answered through archaeometric dating and provenance analyses. As both archaeological sites and objects, shipwrecks pose a special problem in archaeometric dating and provenance because when they sailed, they often accumulated new construction material as timbers were repaired and replaced. Additionally, during periods of globalization, such as the so-called Age of Discovery, the provenance of construction materials may not reflect where the ship was built due to long-distance timber trade networks and the global nature of these ships’ sailing routes. Accepting these special challenges, nautical archaeologists must piece together the nuanced relationship between the ship, its timbers, and the shipwreck, and to do so, wood samples must be removed from the assemblage. Besides the provenance of the vessel’s wooden components, selective removal and analysis of timber samples can also provide researchers with unique insights relating to environmental history. For this period, wood samples could help produce information on the emergent global economy; networks of timber trade; forestry and carpentry practices; climate patterns and anomalies; forest reconstruction; repairs made to ships and when, why, and where those occurred; and much more. This book is a set of protocols to establish the need for wood samples from shipwrecks and to guide archaeologists in the removal of samples for a suite of archaeometric techniques currently available to provenance the timbers used to construct wooden ships and boats. While these protocols will prove helpful to archaeologists working on shipwreck assemblages from any time period and in any place, this book uses Iberian ships of the 16th to 18th centuries as its case studies because their global mobility poses additional challenges to the problem at hand. At the same time, their prolificacy and ubiquity make the wreckage of these ships a uniquely global phenomenon.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Uniquely Problematic Shipwrecks of the Equally Problematic ‘Age of Discovery’; Chapter 2. Timber Samples and Dendroprovenance; Chapter 3. Sampling and Sub-sampling; Chapter 4. Legal Considerations; Chapter 5. Ethical Considerations; Chapter 6. Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College. The importance of this ship lies in the exceptionally well-preserved hull that provided new insights into ancient shipbuilding, as well as the cargo it carried. The hold was stacked with transport amphoras of various types made on Rhodes, with a few examples from Samos, Kos, Knidos and Cyprus (?), supplemented by a consignment of millstones, iron billets and almonds.The cabin pottery from Rhodes also suggests this was the vessel’s home port, a conclusion supported by most of the scientific ceramic analyses. Its trade route included Rhodes, Cyprus and the Levant with perhaps Egypt as a final destination.This volume provides a detailed history of the excavation followed by definitive studies of the amphora cargo and the pottery associated with shipboard life. Some of the amphora stamps suggest that the ship sank between 294 and 291 BC, dates corroborated by the cabin wares. The repetition of four drinking cups (kantharoi), oil containers (gutti), wine measures (olpai), as well as bowls and saucers, suggests that the ship was sailed by a crew of four. Seven bronze coins were recovered, five minted in the name of Alexander the Great and one well-known type of Ptolemy I produced only on Cyprus.Table of ContentsList of figures and tables Preface Susan Womer Katzev 1. Introduction 1.1. Introduction Susan Womer Katzev 1.2. Dedication to Michael and Susan W. Katzev from excavation members Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny with contributions from David I. Owen, Robert K. “Chip” Vincent, Stephen J. Scheifele, Owen Gander, and Robin C. M. Piercy 1.3. Thanks to Laina Susan Womer Katzev 1.4. In thanks to all who helped Susan Womer Katzev with Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Robin C. M. Piercy 2. The excavation 2.1. How it began Michael L. Katzev† [assembled by Susan Womer Katzev and Mary C. Sturgeon] 2.2. Kyrenia shipwreck remote sensing analysis Jeremy N. Green 2.3. Kyrenia Ship data 2.3a. Labeling excavation objects Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 2.3b. Data explanation: creating the amphora plans Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 2.3c. The Kyrenia Ship Application Thomas Myette 2.4. Evidence for Octopodia activity on the wreck site Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 3. Amphoras 3.1. The transport amphoras Mark Lawall 3.2. Observations on amphora distribution Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 3.3. Analysis of resins from the Kyrenia Ship Curt Beck† and Dorreen J. Ossenkop 3.4. Tales from taphonomic amphoras: marine biofouling as interpretive ecological tool on wreck-site formation Carlos Jimenez, Katerina Achilleos, Antonis Petrou, and Louis Hadjioannou 3.5. Wreck site formation process: the wse of bryozoans Katerina Achilleos, Carlos Jimenez, and Antonis Petrou 4. Goods of the crew 4.1. The goods of the crew Andrea M. Berlin 4.2. Graffiti on the ship’s ceramics Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny, Susan Womer Katzev, Alan Johnston, Christopher Rollston, and Jo Ann Hackett 4.3. Wood identifications of objects in Volume I Nili Liphschitz† 4.4. Plotting shipboard life: observations from the find spots of objects related to life on board the Kyrenia Ship Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev 5. Ceramic analyses 5.1. Neutron Activation Analysis of ceramic samples from the Kyrenia Ship Michael D. Glascock and Leslie G. Cecil 5.2. Petrographic analysis of the ceramics from the Kyrenia Ship Yuval Goren 5.3. Organic residue analysis of pottery recovered from the Kyrenia Ship Joseph A. Palatinus with Ruth F. Beeston 5.4. GC-MS analysis of contaminated Kyrenia Ship ceramic samples Vic Garner† and Holley Martlew 5.5. Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the Kyrenia Ship: searching for past contents Lisa Briggs and Léa Drieu 6. Coins 6.1. The coins Paul W. Keen 7. Conclusions 7.1. Summary closing wrap-up: what’s to come in Volumes II and III Susan Womer Katzev Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe Mary Rose carried a crew of naval officers and sailors, a fighting force of gunners and soldiers, a Barber-surgeon, several ship's carpenters and skilled navigators. Of nearly 500 men, fewer than 40 survived the sinking on 19th July 1545. Trapped by netting, or below deck, they stood little chance, and their bodies and belongings went to the bottom of the sea. Excavation of the hull and contents produced a huge collection of objects that together make up a detailed picture of what life was like on board.Before the Mast explores how the men of the Mary Rose lived, through their surviving possessions; how they were fed; their music and recreation, medicine and provision for illness and injury, as well as working practices: carpentry and maintenance, stowage, navigation and ship's communications. The personal possessions of the crew included religious items, books, fishing lines and weights, sewing kits, money, hair combs, jewellery, knives, musical instruments and many items of clothing. The Barber-surgeon, who had his own cabin, brought on board a fine chest filled with canisters, bottles and pots of ointment and medicines, a variety of surgical instruments and a fine set of razors. Another cabin nearby was clearly occupied by the ship's carpenters whose toolkit included planes, adzes, axes, hammers and drills, as well as pitch pots and special mallets for patching up leaks in the ship's hull. The ship's navigators had the best in sixteenth century compasses. The ship's galley was in the hold and this area in particular produced many examples of wooden and pewter plates, bowls, pots, bread troughs, and tankards, as well as barrels and baskets still containing beef, pork, fish and fruit. The volume also includes an analysis of the human remains providing evidence for the stature and age range of the men most were under 30 their health, and injuries sustained.Before the Mast is now available again in a two volume edition published by Oxbow Books.

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Book SynopsisWith the thought of treasure, Isle of Wight islander, Derek Williams researched ancient local wreck records. Top of his extensive wreck list was the 40-gun frigate Assurance lost in 1753 while returning from Jamaica with Governor Trelawny on board, whose story possibly inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write Treasure Island. Derek’s first dive at the western point of the Isle of Wight called “The Needles” put him on top of cannons, various wreckage and Spanish-American “Pieces of Eight”, all scattered at the foot of the rock face. He reported this astonishing discovery to the authorities which resulted in the site being designated the 6th British historic protected wreck site.When the authorities decided that further professional help was needed, author and diver John Bingeman supplied his Portsmouth Royal Naval diving team, and together with David Tomalin, County Archaeologist, developed the full potential of this important site. Over the next nine years John Bingeman’s team conducted annual visits to excavate the site; they successfully recovered 3,471 artefacts including cannon weighing 1½ tons. Some of these cannon post-dated the Assurance, leading to the identification of a second 38-gun frigate, the Pomone, lost in 1811. Her Captain, Robert Barrie’s extensive correspondence was discovered by Paul Simpson to have been archived by Duke University, North Carolina. It features Pomone’s continuous actions during the French Napoleonic wars, followed by his appointment to the 74-gun Dragon when he saw action in Chesapeake Bay during the 1812-15 war with the USA. Returning to North America as Senior Naval Officer Canada, Commodore Barrie made quite a name for himself improving the political relationship between the USA and Canada; he is remembered by the Canadian City named Barrie.Previously un-researched archaeological finds are featured, including the development of rigging blocks, gunlocks, military buttons and ship’s chain pumps, all superbly illustrated, as well as the results of research into numerous other artefacts of the period. Appendices contain the transcripts of the two ship’s court martials and make fascinating reading. Captains seem to be blameless while their navigating officers are held responsible even going to prison. Perhaps not surprising when tried by fellow Captains!Trade ReviewThis book ought to appeal across a wide spectrum of interests, from underwater archeology, to ship wrecks, through the early stages of a single officer’s naval career. It offers information and insights for both the professional and novice in these areas. * The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord *...here is a book which whilst not sparing scientific and technical data is understandable and absorbing to the general reader. * The Britannia Naval Research Association *Table of ContentsThe authors Acknowledgements Foreword by Major-General Sir Martin S White, KCVO, CB, CBE Introduction Part 1: Investigating the wrecks of the Assurance and Pomone 1. The Needles wreck site: the 44-gun Assurance (1753) 2. The 38-gun Pomone (1811) 3. The hull structure of the Pomone in Alum Bay Part 2: Biography and naval career of Admiral Sir Robert Barrie (1774–1841) 4. Biography of Admiral Sir Robert Barrie (1774–1841) 5. Captain Robert Barrie’s letters from HMS Dragon (1813–1815) 6. Commodore Barrie in Canada 1817–1834, and retirement115 Part 3: Conclusions 7. Conclusions Bibliography Appendix 1 – HMS Assurance’s Court Martial transcript Appendix 2 – Captain Barrie’s circumstantial letter, dated 21 October 1811 Appendix 3 – HMS Pomone’s Court Martial transcript Index

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Book SynopsisThe Poole Iron Age logboat, one of the largest surviving prehistoric watercraft in Britain, is today imposingly displayed in the entrance to Poole Museum in Dorset. However, the vessel faced a difficult journey from its first discovery to the amazing artefact we can now see. Recovered from Poole Harbour in 1964, it is impossible to overestimate the international significance of this vessel. But until now it had never been fully recorded and apart from its impressive size, very little was known about it. Its dimensions made it inherently unstable and suggest it was designed for use solely in Poole Harbour. This book is the culmination of significant multi-disciplinary work carried out by a variety of specialists, from conservators to woodworking and boatbuilding experts, exploring not only the craft’s history but also its functionality – or lack of – as a vessel. Digital recording, using the latest technology, has made it possible to test its capabilities. For the first time, prehistorians, nautical archaeologists and lay people alike can understand the story of one of Britain’s oldest boats – the archaeological and historical background, the environmental context, the timber and ship science, and the challenges of conserving such an important vessel.Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword – Professor Seán McGrail; Chapter 1: Introduction - Keith Jarvis†; Chapter 2: Environmental and archaeological background to prehistoric Poole Harbour – Eileen Wilkes; Chapter 3: Evidence for the building of the Poole logboat – Damian Goodburn; Chapter 4: The Poole logboat: digital comparisons – Pat Tanner; Chapter 5: The conservation of the Poole logboat – Jeremy Hutchings and James A. Spriggs; Chapter 6: The display and interpretation of the Poole logboat – Katie Morton and David Watkins; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Hippos of Troy: Why Homer Never Talked About a Horse deals with one of the most famous episodes of the whole of Classical mythology, the Wooden Horse of Troy. Thanks to the analysis of words, images and wrecks, the author proposes a new interpretation of what Homer actually intended when he spoke of the hippos used by the Greeks to conquer the city of Troy. The archaeological, iconographic and philological evidence discussed by the author leads to the conclusion that Homer never talked about a giant wooden horse, nor a war machine. In fact, Homer referred to the use of a particular ship type, a merchant ship of Levantine origin in use in the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Mediterranean, used to pay tribute to Levantine kings, as well as to trade precious metal around the Mediterranean coast.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Archaeology at Troy ; Was it a horse? ; The Naval Dimension of Homer ; The Nautical Dimension of the Homeric World ; Homer as a Source for Naval Archaeology ; The Naval Context of the Homeric Narration of the Last Night of Troy ; The Wooden Horse in Ancient texts ; The original version of the δουρατέος ἵππος of Troy: Homer ; Structural elements of the δουρατέος ἵππος of Troy: Vergil ; The Wooden Horse of Troy in Classical Art ; The Iconography of the Wooden Horse in Ancient Greece ; The Iconography of the Wooden Horse in Rome ; The Hippos Ships in the Ancient Mediterranean ; Textual evidence of the ἵππος ship ; Iconography of the ἵππος ship ; Direct evidence of the ἵππος ship ; The ἵππος ship and the Trojan War ; Why Homer never talked about a horse ; Homer’s words in their proper context ; The deception planned by Athena Pallas ; From the Ship to the Wooden Horse of Troy ; Bibliography ; Ancient Authors

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Book SynopsisLiburnians and Illyrian Lembs: Iron Age Ships of the Eastern Adriatic explores the origins of two types of ancient ship which appear in the written sources connected with the protohistoric eastern Adriatic area: the ‘Liburnian’ (liburna or liburnica) and the southern Adriatic (Illyrian) ‘lemb’. The relative abundance of written sources suggests that both ships played significant roles in ancient times, especially the Liburnian, which became the main type of light warship in early Roman imperial fleets and ultimately evolved into a generic name for warships in the Roman Imperial period and Late Antiquity. The book provides an extensive overview of written, iconographic and archaeological evidence on eastern Adriatic shipbuilding traditions before the Roman conquest in the late first century BC / early first century AD, questioning the existing scholarly assumption that the liburna and lemb were closely related, or even that they represent two sub-types of the same ship. The analysis shows that identification of the Liburnian liburna and Illyrian lemb as more or less the same ship originates from the stereotypical and essentially wrong assumption in older scholarship that the prehistoric indigenous population of the eastern Adriatic shared the same culture and, roughly, the same identities. The main point made in the book is that two different terms, liburna and lemb, were used in the sources depicting these as two different kinds of ship, rather than being interchangeable terms depicting the same ship type.Trade Review‘Insgesamt betrachtet handelt es sich bei der vorliegenden Studie um ein Buch, das die Forschung definitiv ein gutes Stück weiterbringt, da sich die Autor*innen nicht auf vermeintliche Gewissheiten der älteren Forschung verlassen, sondern in Form einer systematischen Auswertung der vorhandenen Zeugnisse, die in dieser Form völlig neu ist, durchaus spannende Ergebnisse liefern. Somit ist nun eine sehr schöne Grundlage geschaffen, auf der die zukünftige Forschung aufbauen kann, um nach Antworten auf die noch verbliebenen Fragen zu den Themenfelder Lembos und Liburne zu suchen.’ – Michael Kleu (2022): Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction ; Research problems and previous scholarship ; Overview of the book ; Terminology ; 2. Geographical context ; 3. Eastern Adriatic populations in the 1st millennium BC ; The Liburni ; Other Iron Age Eastern Adriatic indigenous seafaring groups ; Greek colonising activities in the eastern Adriatic ; Piracy in the eastern Adriatic? ; Conclusion ; 4. Archaeological and iconographic evidence in protohistoric eastern Adriatic ; Underwater finds ; Iconography ; Protohistoric archaeological and iconographical sources for eastern Adriatic ships ; 5. Written Sources on Lembs And Liburnians from the 4th c. BC to Late Antiquity ; Introduction ; Lemb ; Liburnian ; 6. Discussion ; Lemb ; Liburnian ; Etymology ; Overview of usage of the terms lemb and liburnian in ancient sources from the 4th century BC until Late Antiquity ; Lemb and liburnian: the same ship? ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Ancient authors not listed in Chapter 5 ; Modern sources

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Book SynopsisDana Island: The Greatest Shipyard of the Ancient Mediterranean presents the dramatic archaeological discoveries from Dana Island, off the coast of Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey, where underwater investigations and surface survey in advance of excavation have revealed nearly 300 ancient rock-cut slipways, the largest number of such naval installations discovered to date. Further slipways have been lost to erosion or await excavation. The slipways accommodated a range of different sizes of warship and are identified as ship-sheds, grouped within a shipyard area, behind which are various structures seen as workshops used in shipbuilding, as well as living spaces, military and religious buildings, managerial facilities, barn areas for animals, baths and dock areas, shops, villas, columned areas, watchtow¬ers, and many other buildings whose functions cannot yet be understood. The majority are mortarless stone structures, and some of the architectural forms show resemblances to Iron Age masonry. The volume presents and analyses the slipways, their use and possible dating. Water supply is discussed, and cisterns documented. Further chapters focus on the tombs found on the island, its geology, plant usage, and the geoarchaeology of the island’s structures. Extensive contextual sections review the island’s geographical situation and ancient naval history. Finally, computer modelling is used to produce stunning 3D visualisations of the ancient shipyard and naval base.Table of ContentsList of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Foreword – Ahmet Ünal ; The Prehistoric Strategic Location of Dana Island – Şengül G. Aydingün ; The Importance of the Southern Mediterranean Coast – Ahmet Ünal ; Hittites And Seafaring – Özlem Sir Gavaz ; Ancient shipsheds on Dana Island: Some preliminary observations – Olaf Höckmann and Hakan Öniz ; An Ancient Naval Yard On The Southern Coast Of Anatolia – Mustafa H. Sayar ; Dana Island Ancient Shipyard, Rough Cilicia: Archaeological Observations – Hakan Öniz ; Coastal Aeolianite as the Geological Heritage of Dana Island: Preliminary Results – Ahmet Evren Erginal, Oya Erenoğlu, Hakan Öniz and Savaş Sarialtun ; Geoarchaeological Investigation Of Architectural Structures On Dana Island – Savaş Sarialtun, Hakan Öniz and Günay Dönmez ; The Ancient Naval Base/Shipyard on Dana Island – Ahmet Denker and Hakan Öniz ; Usage Forms Of Plant Species On Dana Island And Its Surroundings From Past To Present – Zerrin Koşdemir ; The Tomb Types Of Dana Island (Ancient Pityoussa) – Günay Dönmez and Ercan Soydan ; Water Cisterns On Dana Island – Dilber Bala, Hakan Öniz ; The Possible Role of Dana Island in the Events Of 1200 BC – Haldun Aydingün ; Mavikent Harbor: The Mainland Connection Point of the Dana Island Shipyard? – Mert Uğur Kara ; Early Maritime Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and Dana Island – Koray Alper ; Authors/Dana Island Scientific Committee Members ; Plate section

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Book SynopsisMediterranean Resilience examines various forms of adaptation adopted by coastal societies in the ancient Mediterranean in response to external pressures they occasionally experienced. The investigation spans the longue durée stretching from the epi-paleolithic to the Medieval period. Special attention is given to the impact of two groups of variables: climate and sea level changes on the one hand, and fluctuations in political circumstances connected with the domination of empires, on the other hand. For adaptation, the volume analyses modes of coastal residence, subsistence, and maritime connectivity, not as a static feature, constant throughout history, but as a process that requires permanent adjustments due to changes in environmental, social and political conditions. Methodologically, various forms of case studies are employed, isolating thematic issues, geographic micro-regions, temporal boundaries, and disciplinary perspectives, ultimately seeking to embrace as wide an array of phenomena as possible in the human experience of collapse and adaptation.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Mediterranean Resilience, Collapse, and Adaptation in Antique Maritime Societies Assaf Yasur-Landau, Gil Gambash, and Thomas E. Levy 2. Micro-Geoarchaeology: An Essential Component in the Detection and Decipherment of Resilience, Collapse, and Adaptation Ruth Shahack-Gross, University of Haifa 3. A Multi-Method Approach for Studying Environmental-Human Interaction: A Case Study from Dor, the Carmel Coast in Israel Gilad Shtienberg (University of California, San Diego) and Michael Lazar (University of Haifa) 4. The Maritime Neolithic: An Evaluation of Marine Adaptation in Eastern Mediterranean Prehistory Chelsea Wiseman, Flinders University and University of Haifa 5. The Early Bronze I Coastal Settlements of Israel: A New Phenomenon or Part of a Long-Lived Settlement Tradition? Roey Nickelsberg (University of Haifa), Ruth Shahack-Gross, and Assaf Yasur-Landau 6. Cypriot Pottery as an Indicator of Adaptive Trade Networks Brigid Clark, University of Haifa 7. The Collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces Revisited Philipp W. Stockhammer, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich 8. A Twelfth-Century BCE Shipwreck Assemblage Containing Copper Ingots, from Neve-Yam, Israel Ehud Galili (University of Haifa), Dafna Langgut (Tel Aviv University) , Ehud Arkin Shalev (University of Haifa), Baruch Rosen, Naama Yahalom-Mack (Hebrew University), Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez (University of Haifa), and Assaf Yasur-Landau 9. The Collapse of Cultures at the End of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean: New Developments, Punctuated Equilibrium, and Further Questions Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University 10. Anthropogenic Erosion from Hellenistic to Recent Times in the Northern Gulf of Corinth, Greece Katrina Cantu (University of California, San Diego), Richard Norris (University of California, San Diego), George Papatheodorou (University of Patras), Ioannis Liritzis (Henan University, China), Dafna Langgut, Maria Geraga (University of Patras), and Thomas E. Levy 11. Cultural Resilience in the Hellenistic Southern Levant Eleonora Bedin, University of Haifa 12. Negev Fragility and Mediterranean Prosperity in Late Antiquity Gil Gambash 13. Collapses and Renascences: What the Maya and the Old World Have in Common Geoffrey E. Braswell, University of California, San Diego

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Book SynopsisWhat lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia.We have explored more of the surface of the Moon than we have of the deep sea. From vampire squid to giant spider crabs, and from hydrothermal vents to bioluminescence, its watery depths are both fascinating and terrifying.Deep Water explores, through spectacular images and expert text, how this unique habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring for this dark and mysterious environment.Table of ContentsTimeline of Discovery • Introduction • Zones of the Ocean • How Much of the Deep Sea is Unexplored? • Nutrient Cycling • Bioluminescence • Biogenic Sediment • Megamouth Shark • Coelacanths • Azoic Hypothesis • Cambrian Creatures • Giant Spider Crab • Ophthalmosaurus • Vampire Squid • Nautilus • Stromatolites • Bathysphere • Diel Vertical Migration • Goblin Shark • Giant Squid • Cookie-Cutter Shark • Giant Oarfish • Lanternfish • Big Red Jelly • Viperfish • Whalefalls • Hagfish • Gulper Eels • Orange Roughy • Brachiopods • Anglerfish • Hydrothermal Vents • Yeti Crabs • Methanogenic Bacteria • Giant Tube Worms • Chimaeras • Blubber • Cuvier’s Beaked Whale • Paleodictyon • Foraminiferans • DSV Alvin • Abyssal Plain • Sea Squirts • Sea Spiders • Dumbo Octopus • Giant Isopods • HMS Challenger • Crinoids • Trieste • Mariana Trench • Glossary • Index • Credits

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Book SynopsisTraffici commerciali e approdi portuali nella Sardegna meridionale riguarda lo studio dei flussi commerciali della costa meridionale della Sardegna nella tarda antichità, attraverso i ritrovamenti subacquei, le analisi dei contenitori anforici e gli ipotetici luoghi d’attracco. Le indagini subacquee condotte lungo le coste meridionali negli ultimi anni stanno consentendo di ampliare il registro informativo, evidenziando molteplici situazioni di possibili carichi di relitti, di tipo soprattutto eterogeneo, come a Cagliari, Nora (Pula) e nei mari del Sulcis. In particolare, il porto di Cagliari era coinvolto nei percorsi commerciali e forse nelle attività di trasbordo. Lo studio delle anfore è indissolubilmente legato agli aspetti economici e sociali. I materiali e i contesti inclusi in questo lavoro sono originari di tutta l’area mediterranea (Sud Italia-Sicilia, Gallia, Betica, Lusitania, Nord Africa, Mediterraneo orientale). Un altro aspetto del lavoro riguarda l’analisi dei contesti archeologici subacquei dei reperti anforici studiati, con l’obiettivo di comprendere il grado di sfruttamento di ciascuna area costiera, attraverso un approccio subacqueo, geomorfologico e storiografico. Questo studio può contribuire ad una maggiore conoscenza del ruolo della Sardegna meridionale nel commercio mediterraneo e le sue risorse ne hanno indubbiamente influenzato, direttamente e indirettamente, il coinvolgimento negli antichi traffici marittimi e negli scambi commerciali.Table of ContentsPrefazione ; Presentazione ; Premessa ; Introduzione ; 1. Linee metodologiche ; Ragioni di una scelta ; Contesti di rinvenimento ; Contenitori anforici ; Portualità: markers e indicatori metodologici ; 2. Inquadramento Storico ; La Sardegna pre-romana ; La Sardegna in età imperiale ; Dall’età tetrarchica alla restauratio giustinianea ; La lunga età bizantina ; 3. Economia e produzioni anforiche tra III-VII secolo ; Produzioni sud italiche e siciliane ; Produzioni ispaniche ; Produzioni galliche ; Produzioni nordafricane ; Produzioni Orientali ; Contenitori globulari e di origine incerta ; 4. Testimonianze archeologiche subacquee nella Sardegna meridionale ; Cagliari ; Nora ; Sulcis-Iglesiente ; 5. Considerazioni ; Considerazioni sugli approdi portuali e sulle rotte commerciali attraverso i contesti subacquei e i rinvenimenti anforici ; La portualità nelle coste della Sardegna meridionale ; Una riflessione finale ; Appendice 1. Analisi dei corpi ceramici nordafricani ; Appendice 2. Bolli epigrafici e anepigrafi ; Catalogo dei reperti ; Catalogo degli impasti ; Bibliografia

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Book SynopsisEurope's Lost Frontiers was the largest directed archaeological research project undertaken in Europe to investigate the inundated landscapes of the Early Holocene North Sea the area frequently referred to as Doggerland'. Funded through a European Research Council Advanced Grant (project number 670518), the project ran from 2015 to 2021, and involved more than 30 academics, representing institutions spread geographically from Ireland to China. A vast area of the seabed was mapped, and multiple ship expeditions were launched to retrieve sediment cores from the valleys of the lost prehistoric landscapes of the North Sea. This data has now been analysed to provide evidence of how the land was transformed in the face of climate change and rising sea levels. This volume is the first in a series of monographs dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of data generated by the project. As a precursor to the publication of the detailed results, it provides the context of the study and method statements. Later volumes will present the mapping, palaeoenvironment, geomorphology and modelling programmes of Europe's Lost Frontiers. The results of the project confirm that these landscapes, long held to be inaccessible to archaeology, can be studied directly and provide an archaeological narrative. This data will become increasingly important at a time when contemporary climate change and geo-political crises are pushing development within the North Sea at an unprecedented rate, and when the opportunities to explore this unique, heritage landscape may be significantly limited in the future.

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Book SynopsisThe Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean examines where, when, why and how sculptures were transported on the Mediterranean Sea during Classical Antiquity through the lenses of both maritime and classical archaeology. From the 16th century onwards numerous ancient sculptures have been discovered in the Mediterranean from the context of surveyed shipwrecks, unrecorded potential shipwrecks or as isolated finds. Scholars so far have analysed those sculptural artefacts from an art historical perspective, with interpretation of their maritime transportation remaining conjectural due to the problematic recording and the remoteness of their underwater context. With a focus on the underwater context of already retrieved sculptures, this book aims at comprehending in detail the various circumstances under which ancient sculptural artefacts were carried on board ancient merchant ships and were consequently deposited underwater. Through the creation of an extensive Mediterranean-wide database, with more than 100 known incidents of ancient sculptures found underwater, and the in-depth analysis of three case studies, the Porticello, Mahdia and Favaritx shipwrecks, a new interpretation is presented for this maritime activity. Thereby, new details for the maritime transport and distribution of sculptures during the period of Classical Antiquity are revealed. Finally, the volume demonstrates the importance of the thorough recording of underwater archaeological evidence in the hope of raising awareness and eliminating the salvage of ancient sculptures out of their underwater context, a practice that has been encouraging the illicit trade of such antiquities.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Ancient sculptures lost at sea ; Interpreting the maritime transport and underwater deposition of ancient sculptures in the Mediterranean Sea ; Aims, objectives and research questions of the project ; Structure of this book ; Primary sources and literature review ; Introduction ; Ancient sources and historical records on the maritime transport and underwater deposition of sculptures ; The underwater deposition of the ‘Arundel collection’ ; The Mentor shipwreck ; The HMS Colossus shipwreck ; The SS Castor shipwreck ; The history of discovering ancient sculptures underwater ; Approaches to the study of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures from under water ; Conclusion ; Methodology of the research ; Introduction ; The importance of archaeological contexts in the study of sculptures from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea ; Macro-scale research ; Micro-scale research ; Conclusion ; The database for the maritime transport of sculptures in the ancient Mediterranean ; Introduction ; Geographical distribution of underwater deposits ; Chronological distribution of underwater deposits ; Types of sculptures transported by sea ; Possible reasons and patterns of transport ; The packing and stowing of sculptures on board ancient merchant vessels ; Conclusion ; Revisiting the Porticello shipwreck ; Introduction ; History of the discovery and research ; The ship remains ; The shipboard artefacts and the non-sculptural cargo ; The sculptures ; Interpreting the maritime transport of sculptures ; Conclusion ; The Favaritx shipwreck and the maritime transport of bronze sculptures as scrap ; Introduction ; Discovery and previous study of the Favaritx shipwreck ; The sculptural artefacts ; The non-sculptural artefacts ; Interpreting the maritime transport of the Favaritx ship ; Conclusion ; The Mahdia shipwreck: reconsidering old data, making new observations ; Introduction ; Discovery and previous research ; Re-evaluating the Mahdia shipwreck material ; The ship remains ; The sculptural artefacts ; The other non-sculptural artefacts ; Interpreting the maritime transport of the Mahdia ship ; Conclusion ; Discussion ; Introduction ; Where were sculptures transported by sea in the ancient Mediterranean? ; When were sculptures transported by sea in the ancient Mediterranean? ; Why were sculptures transported by sea in the ancient Mediterranean? ; How were sculptures transported by sea in the ancient Mediterranean? ; The maritime transport of sculptures in retrospect ; Conclusion ; Results of the research ; Future directions ; References ; Appendix 1 (Online) Database ; Appendix 2 (Online) Finds not included in the Database ; Index

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Book SynopsisWhat do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recording or salvaging them. This book examines a variety of wrecks from logboats, Roman galleys and medieval cogs to East Indiamen, grand ocean liners, fishing boats and warships - all are woven into the history of shipwrecks along the coastline of England and in her territorial waters. Wrecks are not just physically embedded in this marine landscape - they are also an intrinsic part of a domestic cultural landscape with links that go beyond the navy, mercantile marine and fishing trade. Evidence of shipwrecks is widespread: in literature, in domestic architecture and as a major component of industrial archaeology. Shipwrecks also transcend national boundaries, forming tangible monuments to the movement of goods and people between nations in war and peace. In peacetime they link the architecture and monuments of different countries, from shipyards to factories, warehouses to processing plants; in time of war wrecks have formed a landscape scattered across the oceans, linking friend and foe in common heritage. England's Shipwreck Heritage explores the type of evidence we have for shipwrecks and their causes, including the often devastating effects fo the natural environment and human-led disaster. Ships at war, global trade and the movement of people - such as passengers, convict transports and the slave trade - are also investigated. Along the way we meet the white elephant who perished in 1730, the medieval merchant who pursued a claim for compensation for nearly 20 years, the most famous privateer for the American revolutionary wars and the men who held their nerve in the minesweeper trawls of the First World War. Highly illustrated and based on extensive new research, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in England's maritime heritage.Trade ReviewIllustrated with a rich variety of historic images, contemporary engravings, paintings, and plates, and backed up with extensive archival reseach, this book's subtitle doesn't exaggerate - it charts everything from old log-boats through Roman wrecks, medieval cogs, East Indiamen and warships of all kinds up to submarines.Leigh Bishop, DiverTable of ContentsIntroduction Notes on the text 1. The hazards of the natural environment 2. Ships at war 3. The vagaries of human nature 4. The transport of people and goods around the world 5. Solving mysteries 6. How does it all come together? What is left to find out? Appendix Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisThe SS Mendi is a wreck site off the Isle of Wight under the protection of Historic England. Nearly 650 men, mostly from the South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC), lost their lives in February 1917 following a collision in fog as they travelled to serve as labourers on the Western Front, in one of the largest single losses of life during the conflict. The loss of the Mendi occupies a special place in South African military history. Prevented from being trained as fighting troops by their own Government, the men of the SANLC hoped that their contribution to the war effort would lead to greater civil rights and economic opportunities in the new white-ruled nation of South African after the war. These hopes proved unfounded, and the Mendi became a focus of black resistance before and during the Apartheid era in South Africa. One hundred years on, the wreck of the Mendi is a physical symbol of black South Africans’ long fight for social and political justice and equality and is one of a very select group of historic shipwrecks from which contemporary political and social meaning can be drawn. The wreck of the SS Mendi is now recognised as one of England’s most important First World War heritage assets and the wreck site is listed under the Protection of Military Remains Act. New archaeological investigation has provided real and direct information about the wreck for the first time. The loss of the Mendi is used to highlight the story of the SANLC and other labour corps as well as the wider treatment of British imperial subjects in wartime. And the political, social and cultural repercussions of the sinking are brought up to date with a new archaeological perspective.Trade ReviewGribble and Scott attempt to untangle truth from myth. Their research is thorough. The story is well told; it is an absorbing read. -- Sir Tim Laurence * Navy News, Feb 2017 *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Story of WW1 labour 3. South Africa and the outbreak of WW1 4. The birth of the SANLC 5. Native labour for France 6. The SANLC goes to France 7. Seaward the Great Ships 8. The last voyage of the Mendi 9. Aftermath and enquiry 10. Dyobha – the man and the myth 11. Foreign labour on the Western Front 12. The SANLC experiment ends 13. An archaeological insight

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Book SynopsisFirst discovered by sport divers in the 1970s, the two remarkable seabed finds of prehistoric bronze metalwork described here quickly became a testing ground for the new discipline of underwater archaeology, initially under the leadership of the pioneering maritime archaeologist Keith Muckelroy. A haul of 361 bronzes from Langdon Bay, Kent, represents one of the largest deposits from Bronze Age Europe. Dating to the thirteenth century BC, the collection is diverse in character and originates in various parts of western Europe and the British Isles. The assemblage from Salcombe, Devon covered here is of similar date with a unique combination of types and materials; further finds have since been made at this site.Neither site having yielded any ship’s remains, all possible mechanisms for deposition are reviewed, including erosion of coastal deposits and ritual deposition at sea. Extensive comparative analysis favours the conclusion that the unparalleled Langdon Bay and Salcombe assemblages represent material spilled or jettisoned from boats in trouble.For the first time, maritime archaeologists, period specialists, scientists and coastal geomorphologists, bring together research on these two exceptional sites: history of discovery, evaluation of context and character, detailed scientific analyses and a fully illustrated catalogue. Nineteen further marine finds of Bronze Age metalwork are also documented, models for seaborne exchange are reconsidered and cultural attitudes to the terre/mare interface are discussed.Table of ContentsList of figures List of plates List of tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Summary, with foreign language translations Foreword: Dover and Salcombe by Colin Burgess 1 Moor Sand and Salcombe Site B, Devon Moor Sand: discovery and exploration by Dave Parham Environment and background Initial discoveries and project mobilisation Archaeological survey The 1982 season Salcombe Site B by Dave Parham, Neville Oldham, and Mick Palmer Sea level history and coastal geomorphology by Roland Gehrels Relative sea level changes Coastal geomorphology Conclusion Terrestrial hinterland of Salcombe by Stuart Needham and Dave Parham 2 Langdon Bay, Dover, Kent Langdon Bay: discovery and exploration by Dave Parham and Martin Dean Environment and background Project mobilisation and initial archaeological survey Archaeological work after Muckelroy Coastal erosion and landscape change by Martin Bates Background Bedrock geology, geomorphology, and coastal erosion Bedrock geology Local geomorphology Coastal processes Summary Humans, landscape change, and geomorphological evolution at the mouth of the Dour Valley Summary Discussion Terrestrial hinterland of Langdon Bay by Stuart Needham and Keith Parfitt 3 The metalwork assemblages: identification, connections, and metal composition Defining the metalwork types by Stuart Needham and Brendan O'Connor Classification of condition Completeness Cutting edge profile(s) Surface feature retention - fine morphology and decoration Condition of breaks Bending, twisting, and other features Langdon Bay Median-winged axes Unattributed axe blade fragments Palstaves Socketed axes and chisels Socketed hammers Socketed hooked knife Tanged-and-collared chisels Awls, rods, and shanks Flesh-hook Spurred ring Pins Bracelets Loop fasteners/fittings Separate rivets Swords, rapiers, dirks, knives Spearheads Ferrules Casting jets, lumps, and small fragments Salcombe (Moor Sand and Salcombe Site B) Palstaves Palstave-adze Strumento con immanicatura a cannone Gold bracelet Gold twisted torc Cauldron handle Swords Unclassified blades - sword or rapier Rectangular block - possible weight Tin lump Iron awl in bone handle? Insular and Continental affinities by Brendan O'Connor and Stuart Needham Median-winged axes Palstaves Palstave-adze Socketed axes and chisels Socketed hammers Socketed hooked knife Tanged-and-collared chisels Strumento Awls, rods, and bars Flesh-hook Spurred ring Pins Bronze bracelets Gold bracelets Gold twisted torc Loop fasteners/fittings Cauldron Swords Rapiers and dirks Notched butt knives Spearheads Ferrules Rectangular block (weight) Metal waste and raw metal Metal analyses by J P Northover Analysis of copper-alloy metalwork from Langdon Bay History and introduction Alloys Impurity patterns Lead isotope analysis Metallography Summary Analysis of copper-alloy and tin metalwork from Moor Sand and Salcombe Site B Alloys Impurity patterns Lead isotope analysis Summary Conclusions on the date of the assemblages by Stuart Needham and Brendan O'Connor 4 Other marine finds of Bronze Age metalwork from Britain and the near Continent by Stuart Needham 1. Off Llanrhian, Dyfed (Pembrokeshire) 2. Off Sennen Cove, Cornwall 3. Off Moor Sand, Salcombe, Devon 4. Off Chesil Beach, Dorset 5. Poole Harbour entrance, Dorset Winged axe Ferrule 6. Off Southbourne ('Hengistbury Head'), Hampshire 7. Solent Water, Hampshire 8. Off Bembridge, Isle of Wight 9. Possibly the seas around the Isle of Wight 10. Hayling Beach, Hampshire, or Owrs Bank, off the Sussex coast Palstave 1 Palstave 2 Palstave 3 Palstave 4 Palstave 5 Palstave 6 11. Off Seaford, East Sussex Palstave 1 Palstave 2 Ingot fragment Needle-like object 12. Off Hastings, East Sussex 13. Off Sandgate, near Folkestone, Kent 14. East Wear Bay, off Folkestone, Kent 15. Off Langdon Bay, Dover, Kent 16. Off Whitstable, Kent Socketed axe 1 Socketed axe 2 Socketed axe 3 Socketed axe 4 17. Off Southend, Essex Rapier Flanged axe 18. Off Sotteville-Sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime Torc 1 Torc 2 19. Sandettie Bank, the Channel/North Sea 20. Off Westkapelle, Zeeland, Holland 21. Possibly the seas around Vlieland and Terschelling, Friesland Summation 5 Bronze Age metalwork from the sea - taphonomy and significance by Stuart Needham, with Martin Dean, Catherine J Frieman, Brendan O'Connor, and Dave Parham Mode of recovery and recovery biases Object condition and implications for representation Object categories and representation The nature of the multiple-object sites Chronological distribution Origins, foreign-ness, and the problem of 'hidden circulation' Between land and sea: deposition across the interface Langdon Bay and Salcombe: material in transit? Langdon Bay Topographic reconstruction Fragmentation patterns and assemblage function Comparative land assemblages Comparative river mouth assemblages Salcombe and Moor Sand The catchment of the assemblages and the conduct of maritime interactions during the later Bronze Age Keith Muckelroy's two-tier circulation model for Bronze Age metalwork Present perspectives Conclusion on the nature of the seabed assemblages Appendices 1 Dimension and conditions of artefacts from the Langdon Bay and Salcombe assemblages and lead isotope data for the Langdon Bay assemblage 2 Results of metal analyses carried out on the Langdon Bay material 3 Results of metal analyses carried out on the Moor Sand material 4 Metal sampling and analysis Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDiving the Thistlegorm is a unique in-depth look at one of the world's best-loved shipwrecks, the World War II British Merchant Navy steamship, featuring award-winning underwater photography. In this highly visual guide, cutting edge photographic methods enable views of the famous wreck and its fascinating cargo which were previously impossible. Sitting upright in 30m of clear, inviting Red Sea waters, the ship is packed with the materials of war. Largely complete lorries, trucks, motorbikes, aircraft spares and airfield equipment are crammed into the forward holds and the remains of other vehicles lie amongst boxes of ammunition in the exploded aft holds. Often referred to as an underwater museum, the wreck fascinates visitors for dive after dive. The book is the culmination of decades of experience, archaeological and photographic expertise, many hours underwater, months of computer processing time, and days spent researching and verifying the history of the ship and its cargo. For the first time, Diving the Thistlegorm brings the rich and complex contents of the wreck together, identifying individual items and illustrating where they can be found. As the expert team behind the underwater photography, reconstructions and explanations take you through the wreck in incredible detail, you will discover not only what has been learned but also what mysteries are still to be solved. Limited run of hardbacks.Trade Review'Goes further than any previous guidebook in detailing the current condition of the wreck and its incredible cargo of wartime artefacts, from rifles to railway engines... There's so much to admire here - the complementary use of traditional photography alongside the large scale models and orthophotos afford the reader a way of looking at a wreck that could barely be imagined a decade ago... I recommend this superb book to anyone with an interest on the subject.'- SCUBA magazine.; 'A brilliant in depth guide to the wreck and all it's facets, all illustrated by superb photos and graphics.'-Scubaverse.com; 'Other books have been written about the Thistlegorm, but as befits the wreck this one is probably the most visually arresting ever to go to print... a remarkable achievement, and clearly a labour of love by a group of professionals smitten by this wreck... stunning colour image after stunning colour image leaps out from every page'- BritishDiver.co.uk; 'A detailed, thorough book with excellent images both stills and 3D photogrammetry. It is a really good read'--Divelog Australia; 'The most comprehensive guide to one of the world's greatest shipwrecks'- Emad Khalil, Alexandria University (from the Foreword)Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Emad Khalil, Alexandria University. INTRODUCTION - About the wreck; Wreck under threat; About this guide. HISTORY - Construction and build; Journey and sinking; Rediscovery and contemporary details. GUIDE - Bow to Midships; Upper Deck Holds; Hold No. 1 - Upper Deck; Hold No. 2 - Upper Deck; Lower Deck Holds; Hold No. 1 - Lower Deck; Hold No. 2 - Lower Deck; Shared Entrance to Hold No. 2 and Hold No. 3; Remains of Hold No. 4; Hold No. 5; Stern; Surrounding Seabed; Marine Life. DOCUMENTING THE WRECK - Photographing the Thistlegorm; Photographing the Vehicles; Big Vistas; Photogrammetry; 360 Degree Video; Wrecks at Risk - Future Work. Glossary. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it take to dive Titanic's sister ship? This huge vessel from a bygone golden age of ocean travel lies at over 100 metres (330') below the surface. It is not a dive for the faint-hearted. Requiring meticulous planning, precise execution and good conditions, only the most capable technical divers will ever experience it. Even then, tragically some do not make it back to the surface. Expedition Britannic is the story of the May 2019 mission to dive the Olympic-class liner-turned-hospital ship, HMHS Britannic. Sunk near the Greek island of Kea during World War I, she will only be ticked off the bucket list of relatively few of the most dedicated deep divers. Steeped in history, the opportunity to see a largely intact near-replica of the world's most famous ocean liner makes it an ultimate dive to aspire to. Deep wreck photography specialist Rick Ayrton is one such diver. Assisted by expedition leader Scott Roberts, he takes us through the planning, logistics and preparation essential for scaling one of the pinnacles of wreck diving. Then we explore the wreck with him - going deeper than most divers will in their lifetimes to photograph this once great ship - and make new discoveries.Trade Review'A cracking book that will be of interest to any diver, and many others. From my perspective, if I need to persuade anyone why I love deep diving then I’ll simply hand them a copy and wait for them to ask how they can sign up.'— SCUBA magazine; 'Expedition Britannic brings armchair divers closer than we’ve ever been to this magnificent wreck and perhaps will inspire one or two to get out of their armchair and experience it for themselves.'— Encyclopaedia Titanica; 'Done extremely well... The writing is crisp, well-organised and doesn't get bogged down in needless detail.... it is readily accessible to any level of diver... [and] the photography from depth is way beyond what we usually expect'-- Diver magazine; 'Expedition Britannic will appeal to recreational divers who look up (or rather, down) in awe at our technical cousins; it will appeal to technical divers wishing to see how it was done; and it will certainly appeal to White Star line aficionados who want a fresh look at how Britannic appears today.'- British Diver; 'Incredible... the images are stunning. But the really impressive achievement is to make it accessible for non-technical divers whilst also having all the detail that more experienced ones will want'- Dominic Robinson, Officer in Charge Joint Service Sub Aqua Diving Centre / BSAC Technical Chief Examiner; 'Rick Ayrton's photography is a marvellous way to help visualise one of the great diving treasures and archaeological monuments lying at the bottom of the Kea Channel, effectively helping to make the Britannic accessible to the host of divers and maritime historians who may never have the privilege of experiencing the thrill or excitement of visiting the wreck in person. Hand in hand with a revealing narration of what it actually takes to get there in the first place, along with details of the day-to-day problems and hazards which can so easily occur, it can only help to prepare any dive team contemplating their own visit to the 'Mount Everest' of technical diving.'- Simon Mills, maritime historian, owner of HMHS Britannic; 'Rick's scooter driven photographic epic is a fresh take on a wreck that many of us are familiar with, but are also distant from. You see things from a new viewpoint, the whole fore deck, the propellers from below, a new angle showing there is plenty of life left in "the old girl". Nice one!'-- Kieran Hatton, www.divingindepth.co.uk; 'I will never forget Rick's photographs. It was what we were waiting for every day, after every dive'- Yannis Tzavelakos (from the Foreword).Table of ContentsForeword; Introduction; A Brief History. PART 1 - PREPARATION: Build Up; Arrival; SS Burdigala; Dive Planning. PART 2 - THE BIG DIVE: Britannic; Stern; Midships; Time in the Blue; Final Dive. Epilogue. Appendix 1 - Expedition Standard Operating Procedures; Appendix 2 - Underwater Photography; Glossary; Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisThe excavation of a Minoan shipwreck dated to 1725/1700 BC is described. The cargo includes the largest known corpus of complete and almost complete clay vessels from a single Middle Minoan IIB deposit. The transport boat provides interesting information on a society that revolved around seafaring.

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Book SynopsisThis open access peer-reviewed volume was inspired by the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology International Workshop held at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia in November 2016. Content is based on, but not limited to, the work presented at the workshop which was dedicated to 3D recording and interpretation for maritime archaeology. The volume consists of contributions from leading international experts as well as up-and-coming early career researchers from around the globe. The content of the book includes recording and analysis of maritime archaeology through emerging technologies, including both practical and theoretical contributions. Topics include photogrammetric recording, laser scanning, marine geophysical 3D survey techniques, virtual reality, 3D modelling and reconstruction, data integration and Geographic Information Systems. The principal incentive for this publication is the ongoing rapid shift in the methodologies of maritime archaeology within recent years and a marked increase in the use of 3D and digital approaches. This convergence of digital technologies such as underwater photography and photogrammetry, 3D sonar, 3D virtual reality, and 3D printing has highlighted a pressing need for these new methodologies to be considered together, both in terms of defining the state-of-the-art and for consideration of future directions. As a scholarly publication, the audience for the book includes students and researchers, as well as professionals working in various aspects of archaeology, heritage management, education, museums, and public policy. It will be of special interest to those working in the field of coastal cultural resource management and underwater archaeology but will also be of broader interest to anyone interested in archaeology and to those in other disciplines who are now engaging with 3D recording and visualization.Table of ContentsCalibration of Camera Systems for Underwater Photogrammetry - Mark ShortisPresenting Photogrammetric 3D Recording Essays in the Submerged Harbour Infrastructure of the Ancient and Medieval Harbour of Kyllene/Glarentza - Kalliopi BaikaUsing Digital Visualisation of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the 'Life History' of Ships: Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector - J. Hunter IIIPresenting Computer Vision Photogrammetry (CVP) for Maritime Archaeology Research and Public Outreach: A Recording and Surveying Procedure Combining Photogrammetry and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) - Barbara DaviddeHigh-Resolution Sub-Seabed Survey and Visualisation: Recent Korean Case Studies - YonHwa JungFrom Integration to Explanation: Moving from 3 to 4 Dimensions. Maximising the Temporal Potential of 3D Datasets with Regard to Integration and Comparison of Data from Multiple Sources - Fraser Sturt3D Scanning and Mapping of the City of Adelaide - Daniel AtkinsonRecent 3D Survey Work in Egypt - Ziad M. MorsyInnomar's Parametric Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP) Survey of Sub-Seabed Viking Fortifications in the Baltic - Douglas BergersenEarly Results of the High-Resolution Imaging of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran - Andrew HutchinsonUnderwater Archaeology using Riegl Bathymetric Lidars: An Overview - Jorg HackerThe 17th/18th Century Drumbeg Shipwreck in Scotland: Seamless Integration of Multi-Sensor Non-Intrusive 3D Survey - John McCarthyJames Matthews Trial Sub-Bottom Profile Survey - Trevor WintonImage-Based 3D Underwater Recording and Ocularcentrism - Madeline McAllister3D Photogrammetry for and by the Public - Kevin EdwardsIntegration of Topographical and Bathymetrical Surveys in High-Resolution Textured 3D Prints - Andrew Ternes

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Book SynopsisForty-one thoughtful and generous contributions by artists, scholars, scientists, and ocean activists in response to the rapidly changing oceans.The ocean is rising and with it sea level, water temperature, acidity, algal blooms, and storm surges. Also on the rise are the metrics of accelerated human activity. How are we to fathom the political, aesthetic, and epistemological rise of the oceans from centuries-long invisibilization and forgetting? What ideas and memories do the oceans hold in their depth and reanimate, when the earth’s ecosystems suffer? Asking different questions and using multiple registers of sensing expand the possibilities to engage with the oceanic at this precarious moment and rethink its relations to the terrestrial. Oceans Rising is a companion reader to “Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation,” an independent oceanic research initiative commissioned by TBA21–Academy and operating out of Ocean Space in Venice. It offers forty-one thoughtful contributions by artists, scholars, scientists, and ocean activists in response to the rapidly changing oceans. Writing from places of conflict and concern, the contributions reveal the magnitude and urgency of ecological devastation, but more important, they provide alternative narratives that strengthen our knowledge communities and contribute to worldmaking practices from an oceanic perspective. 

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Book Synopsis“A wealthy man in Denmark, citizen of the town of Schleswig, built a large ship at great expense. And the king of the country decided to join company and take part in the profits. And after he had made good half of the costs, he owned a corresponding part of the ship …”The medieval Hanseatic merchants are famous for their maritime trade network, which extended across Northern Europe from the 13th century onward. The rare quote above sheds light on a less known period, beginning in the late Viking Age, when large, elegant cargo ships were built and sailed across the sea by Scandinavian merchants.This volume presents the earliest archaeological evidence for specialised merchant seafaring in Danish waters. The cargo ship-finds of Eltang Vig, Lynæs, Karschau and Haderslev are explored in detail in order to illuminate the technology and style of a dynamic age of maritime enterprise and cultural transformation.

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Book SynopsisWhen Vasa was raised in 1961 a lost world was revealed in astonishing detail. Among the most remarkable finds were the remains of the rigging. Normally shipwrecks offer only a few clues to the structure above the waterline, but on Vasa the lower masts, a myriad of blocks and deadeyes, hundreds of metres of rope and cable and – most astonishingly – nine sails from the ship and its boat survive. The unique finds provide an unparalleled opportunity to reconstruct the rigging in detail and to form an understanding of how ships were sailed in the seventeenth century. With a sail plan, rigging, and steering gear that are substantially different to the classical full-rigged ship of the nineteenth century, the evidence from Vasa paints a vivid picture of ship-handling in the Age of Sail. Vasa II Part 1 presents more than a thousand finds of wood, metal, and cloth from the most complete rig to survive from before 1800, which form the basis for a complete reconstruction of the rig and sailing performance of a large warship of the 1620s.

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Book SynopsisThe book presents and describes the treasures hidden away in centuries-old shipwrecks: visible treasures like Chinese porcelain, as well as invisible treasures in the form of new knowledge revealed by the ships and their cargos. The stories of seven shipwrecks not only paint a picture of the Maritime Silk Road but also of the development of maritime archaeology in the Netherlands and in Asia. Text in English and Dutch.

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Book SynopsisWhile terrestrial archaeology has engaged with contemporary philosophy, maritime archaeology has remained in comparative disciplinary – or subdisciplinary – isolation. However, the issues that humans face in the Anthropocene – from global warming to global pandemics – call for transdisciplinary cooperation, and for thinking together beyond the confines of the human-centered philosophical tradition. Growing areas such as the “blue humanities” and “oceanic thinking” draw directly on our maritime past, even as they ponder the future. Theoretically engaged maritime archaeologists could contribute significantly to these areas of thought, as this volume demonstrates. The essays collected here serve as jumping off point, which opens new ways for maritime archaeologists to engage with the most important problems of our time and to benefit from the new insights offered by object-oriented and flat ontologies. The book gathers the analytical thinking of archaeologists, philosophers, marine biologists, and media theorists, and pushes those observations deep into the maritime realm.The contributions then branch out, like tentacles or corals, reaching into the lessons of oil spills, cephalopod hideouts, shipwreck literature, ruined monuments, and beached plastics. The volume concludes with a series of critical responses to these papers, which pushes the dialogue into new areas of inquiry. Taken as a whole, the volume emphasizes that the study of the past is more relevant than ever because serious consideration of our watery world and all its inhabitants is increasingly necessary for our collective survival. This volume takes the first steps toward this reckoning and, as such, it promises to be an important new contribution to lecture and conference halls around the world where oceans and the Anthropocene are under study.Table of ContentsPrelude: A History of Maritime Archaeological Thought Peter B. Campbell Collapse, Cataclysm, and Eruption: Alien Archaeologies for the Anthropocene Sara A. Rich and Peter B. Campbell The Shipwreck of Theseus: Philosophy and Maritime Archaeology Graham Harman What Gets Washed Up on the Beach: Shipwreck, Literary Culture, and Objects of Interpretation Steve Mentz Where Land Flows into Sea: An Anthropocene Section Matt Edgeworth Maritime Christening: Anthropomorphism and the Engender(bend)ing of Metaphor Jeremy Killian and Sara A. Rich Complicit Objects and New Materialist Praxis Claire S. Watson Assemblage Theory and the Mediative Practice of Ship Hull Reuse Chelsea M. Cohen “The Biggest Museum Gallery in the Whole World”: Virtual Excavation and the Musealization of the Seafloor Lisa Yin Han Naufragic Architecture in the Anthropocene Sara A. Rich, Leila Hamdan, and Justyna Hampel Octopodology and Dark Amphorae: The Persistence and Non-Human Afterlives of Objects in the Sea Peter B. Campbell Water as a Hyperfact (reprint) Johan Normark Drift (reprint) Þóra Pétursdóttir Contemporary Philosophies for Maritime Archaeology – A Response Joe Flatman OOO, Archaeology, and the Anthropocene: Comments on Maritime Archaeology and Anthropocene Philosophy Christopher Witmore Compelled by Things: A Response to Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology Matthew Harpster Theory at Sea: Some Reflections from the Gunwale Bjørnar J. Olsen Conclusion: If on a Winter Night a Ship Wrecks Peter B. Campbell

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