Underwater archaeology

From sewn planked boats in Early Dynastic Egypt to Late Roman wrecks in Italy, and the design of Venetian Merchant Galleys, this huge volume gathers together fifty-three papers presenting new research on the archaeology and history of ancient ships and shipbuilding traditions.

For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Sere Limani, Turkey, filled with evidence of trade and objects of daily life.

Major events of human prehistory such as the post-glacial recolonisation of Northern Europe and the spread of agriculture through the Mediterranean took place on landscapes that are now, at least partially, underwater.

Abenteuer in der UnterwasserweltKaum etwas fasziniert den Menschen so sehr wie das Ungewisse, das sich in den Tiefen unserer Ozeane verbirgt, seien es jahrhundertealte Schiffswracks oder versunkene Städte – denn die Welt unterhalb des Meeresspiegels hält Überraschungen parat, die den Inhalt der Geschichtsbücher dramatisch verändern könnten.

This volume represents the final publication of the Olympias project, which saw the building of a full-scale reconstruction of a 170-oared Athenian trireme of the 4th century BC and its operation in five series of sea-trials in the Aegean Sea.

Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice collaborated in the recording, underwater excavation and analysis of the unusually well-preserved wreck of a 16th century Venetian merchantman in the Svetti Pavao shallow off the southern shore of the island of Mljet, Croatia.

That seafaring was fundamental to Roman prosperity in the eastern Mediterranean is beyond doubt, but a tendency by scholars to focus on the grandest long-distance movements between major cities has obscured the finer and varied contours of maritime interaction.

Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice collaborated in the recording, underwater excavation and analysis of the unusually well-preserved wreck of a 16th century Venetian merchantman in the Svetti Pavao shallow off the southern shore of the island of Mljet, Croatia.

The crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was discovered in 1867 and first excavated in 1869 by two local antiquaries, Edgar and Henry Dumbleton, who published their findings over the next four years.

A maritime archeologist recounts twenty years of remarkable discoveries and adventures both in and under the waters of South Carolina.

In 1990 Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology of Tampa, Florida, commenced the world’s first robotic archaeological excavation of a deep-sea shipwreck south of the Tortugas Islands in the Straits of Florida.

Marine archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney reveals for the first time the location and state of the wrecks of all 25 warships sunk in the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.

This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans in the fleets and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion.

The first full-scale study of the international legal framework governing underwater cultural heritage to be published in nearly two decades.

For 250 years encrusted wonders have been turning up in fishermen's nets: everything imaginable from prehistoric animal bones to priceless Roman statues.

At the end of the last Ice Age, sea level around the world was lower, coastal lands stretched further and the continents were bigger, in some cases landmasses were joined by dry land that has now disappeared beneath the waves.

The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology is the most comprehensive survey of global wetland archaeology ever published.

A shipwreck is a time capsule.

This volume gathers 88 contributions related to the theme ‘Ships and Maritime Landscapes’ of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 13) held in Amsterdam on the 7th to 12th October 2012.

The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology is the most comprehensive survey of global wetland archaeology ever published.

This volume represents the final publication of the Olympias project, which saw the building of a full-scale reconstruction of a 170-oared Athenian trireme of the 4th century BC and its operation in five series of sea-trials in the Aegean Sea.

From sewn planked boats in Early Dynastic Egypt to Late Roman wrecks in Italy, and the design of Venetian Merchant Galleys, this huge volume gathers together fifty-three papers presenting new research on the archaeology and history of ancient ships and shipbuilding traditions.

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.

Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive summary of the archaeological process as applied in an underwater context.

A review of underwater archaeology offering a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies.

The 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.

Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet.

At the end of the last Ice Age, sea level around the world was lower, coastal lands stretched further and the continents were bigger, in some cases landmasses were joined by dry land that has now disappeared beneath the waves.

The 10th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology was held in Roskilde, Denmark in 2003.

De Robert Macfarlane s'ha dit que és el millor escriptor de natura d'aquesta generació.

From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea.

Die Calanques vor Marseille, tiefe Küsteneinschnitte, türkis glitzerndes Wasser, schroffe Felsen und versteckte Buchten.

The Hoi An, a wreck deep beneath the waves of the South China Sea.

In "Atlantis und Doggerland" entführt uns Michael J.

 Los ensayos presentes en Drenajes conforman una intrincada red por la que diversos flujos narrativos cuentan, desde múltiples perspectivas y tratamientos, la historia del agua en la cuenca del Valle de México.

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield.

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield.

Ein spannender Einblick in den Alltag an Bord eines U-Boots während des Ersten Weltkriegs – und ein archäologisches Abenteuer.

'An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the world with kindness and curiosity' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous LightA charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

THE BRAND NEW JACK WEST THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Spectacular.

Challenges the terrestrial focus of European prehistory, emphasizing the significance of seascapes, maritime networks, and coastal societies in shaping prehistoric Europe.

Challenges the terrestrial focus of European prehistory, emphasizing the significance of seascapes, maritime networks, and coastal societies in shaping prehistoric Europe.

In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors.

'THE HOTTEST ACTION WRITER AROUND' EVENING TELEGRAPHDISCOVER THE WILDLY ENTERTAINING, ACTION-PACKED JACK WEST SERIESFormer SAS soldier Jack West is on a mission to save the world, no matter what - or who - it might cost him.

Siguiendo un amplio concepto de investigacion transversal, y tras la celebracion de tres eventos relacionados con el Hombre y el Mar, en Cadiz -Facultad de Filosofia y Letras (2016-2017) y la Universidad Nova de Lisboa- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (2018), presentamos en esta obra coral una seleccion de nueve trabajos que nos incitan a reflexionar sobre la arqueologia y la historia maritimas.

What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia.

When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed.

In der finsteren Neumond-Nacht des 14.

Tauchen Sie ein in die fesselnde Welt des legendären Ungeheuers von Loch Ness!

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