【Archaeology】An Annotated WWII Underwater Archaeology Bibliography
With four decades of WWII underwater archaeology publications, the time is nigh to create a comprehensive bibliography and conduct an analysis of tren... [more]
【Archaeology】Dirt in the Wounds: Confronting Hard Histories through Public Community Archaeology in Boston
The majority of Boston's residents are minorities. These minority residents confront the ongoing effects of racism, including the hard histories of e... [more]
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Underwater archaeological surveying using PhotoModeler, VirtualMapper: Different applications for di
Techniques of underwater photogrammetry discussed include accuracy measurements and survey techniques.
La Giralgia, a dolia wreck of the 1st century BC from Corsica, France:: Study of its hull remains
During the early Roman Empire, large quantities of olive oil and wine were exchanged between Rome and its provinces of Spain and Gaul. The majority was transported abroad ships in amphoras. There was also a short-lived type of vessel, known as a cistern-b
Kuggmaren 1:: The first cog find in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
In 1998 a wreck in the Stockholm archipelago of the Baltic Sea came to the attention of the maritime archaeological community. It seemed to have cog-like characteristics, although opinions about its building tradition were initially divided. Subsequent su
Shipwreck in a swamp: The Burroughs site at Edenton, N. Carolina, USA
This preliminary site analysis of a suspected 18th-century shipwreck located in Edenton, North Carolina, USA, helps call to question the roll of abandonment in the examination of ships as artefacts. Abandonments often provide an easily accessed and inexpe
A terracotta phallus from Pisa Ship E: More evidence for the Priapus deity as protector of Greek and
Although the ithyphallic deity Priapus was most generally viewed by the Greeks and Romans as a garden fertility god, there is archaeological and textual evidence that those engaged in maritime activity, especially sea-borne trade, also conceived him as a
Fishing-gear sinkers recovered from an underwater wreckage site, off the Carmel coast, Israel
A classification scheme for the large number of fishing-gear sinkers recovered along the Israeli coast is devised. Sinkers, or weights, of lead and stone are classified by material, shape and method of manufacture.
Galvanic removal of metallic wrought iron from marine encrustations
Historic shipwrecks frequently contain a large proportion of wrought-iron tools, fasteners, and other types of artefacts. Encrustations readily form around such objects in many marin environments. Depending on many factors, the iron objects inside these e
Report on the first research campaign on the Napoleonic brick, Mercure, wrecked off Lignano, Udine,
During 2001, the NAUSICAA office organized a research campaign on the site where two carronades had been retrieved by a fishing boat. Side-scan sonar research led to the discovery of a mound and six more carronades. The mound was composed of iron ingots,
Defining 'underwater cultural heritage'
The newly adopted United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage provides the first universal protection regime for this value archaeological resource. A central difficult
Plant lipids and fossil hydrocarbons in embalming material of Roman Period mummies from the Dakhleh
Embalming material contained in four mummies from the Roman Period (4th century AD) excavated in the Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, were analysed for the soluble lipid components. According to the distribution patterns of n-alkanes, steroid hydro
Y chromosome evidence for Anglo-Saxon mass migration
British history contains several periods of major Cultural change. It remains controversial as to how much these periods coincided with substantial immigration from continental Europe. even for those that Occurred most recently. In this study, we examine
Interpretive challenges in the study of early complexity: Economy, ritual, and architecture at Paso
Archaeologists studying emergent complexity face significant interpretive challenges as they move beyond societal classification to explore associations of social, economic, or political variables. Analyses claiming surprising associations of variable sta
Space syntax analysis of Central Inuit snow houses
Space syntax is a graph-based theory used by architects to examine how the spatial layout of buildings and cities influences the economic, social, and environmental outcomes of human movement and social interaction. Archaeologists have explored this conce
Anthropology in the 20th century and beyond
This article reviews the growth of knowledge in the four fields of anthropology. It is not an intellectual history but, rather, focuses on what I consider to have been the important developments in substantive knowledge.
Early weaning of Neolithic domestic cattle (Bercy, France) revealed by intra-tooth variation in nitr
Evaluating the role of milk production in prehistoric subsistence economies requires a better estimation of the capacity of a milk-oriented husbandry under prehistoric conditions. Weaning pattern, which is linked to the length of lactation, is an importan