"This book changes our understanding of the Roman conceptions about the sea by placing the focus on shipwrecks as events that act as bridges between the sea and the land. The study explores the different Roman legal definitions of these spaces, and how individuals of divergent l…
In an examination for a wide array of ships from the 11th to the 19th century and from China, Korea, and Japan, Kimura extrapolates in three detailed case studies, how ships of the Yellow Sea were constructed. Chinese junks and Japanese dhows were known throughout the world, and…
In an examination for a wide array of ships from the 11th to the 19th century and from China, Korea, and Japan, Kimura extrapolates in three detailed case studies, how ships of the Yellow Sea were constructed. Chinese junks and Japanese dhows were known throughout the world, and…
The complete technical and scientific report on one of the most important shipwrecks in North American history . . . In 1995, Texas Historical Commission underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the La Salle's La Belle, remnant of an ill-fated French attempt to establis…
Introduction. background / James E. Bruseth -- Archival research / John de Bry -- Excavation inside a cofferdam / Layne Hedrick, Amy Mitchell-Cook, and James E. Bruseth -- Conservation / Donny L. Hamilton, Helen Dewolf, and Peter D. Fix -- PART II: Ship design, organiztion and h…
The American coastal frontier -- Taming the beach: wreckers and wreck law on the Jersey shore -- Transforming the shore: tourism, lifesavers, and the rise of Quonnie -- Clearing the coast: Captain T.A. Scott, a "True American" -- Shipwreck and spectacle on the modern beach. "Re…
Site formation processes of submerged shipwrecks
Matthew Keith and the contributors to this volume provide a series of studies that examine the ways to identify the natural and anthropogenic processes that shape shipwreck site formation. The volume also showcases emerging technologies and methods by which archaeologists study …
"In ten papers, Odyssey Marine Exploration presents the technology, methodology and archaeological results from four deep-sea shipwrecks and one major survey conducted between 2003 and 2008. The sites lie beyond territorial waters in depths of up to 820 metres off southeastern A…
"In ten papers, Odyssey Marine Exploration presents the technology, methodology and archaeological results from four deep-sea shipwrecks and one major survey conducted between 2003 and 2008. The sites lie beyond territorial waters in depths of up to 820 metres off southeastern A…
"This book is intended for scholars, students, administrators, and workers in historic preservation and resource management, and sport divers wishing to understand shipwrecks as a cultural resource. In this book, shipwrecks emerge as a "mother lode" of scientifically credible in…
Maritime networks in the ancient Mediterranean world
"This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance theoretical approaches and analytical tools for studying maritime connectivity. For the coast-hugging populations of the ancient Mediterranean, mobility and exc…
Maritime networks in the ancient Mediterranean world
"This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance theoretical approaches and analytical tools for studying maritime connectivity. For the coast-hugging populations of the ancient Mediterranean, mobility and exc…
"Over the last 30 years, hydrographical marine surveys in the English Channel helped uncover the potential wreck sites of German submarines, or U-boats, sunk during the conflicts of World War I and World War II. Through a series of systemic dives, nautical archaeologist and hist…