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This study presents seven early handheld guns also known as “handgonnes” or hand cannons recovered from
shipwrecks plying the seas of the pre-colonial Philippines. In this paper, three guns HHG-001, HHG-002, and
HHG-003, feature shorter and stubby…

Bandar-e Kong is a port-town located in the Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf, which flourished in the 17th
century CE with the presence of the Portuguese. Since then, Bandar-e Kong has been a departure point for
Iranian ships sailing the triangle…

Small museums can be the repository of mighty collections. The New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM) in
Massachusetts, USA, is one such example. The NBWM holds a significant collection of artwork depicting early
modern (17th – 19th c) Japanese whaling.…

The fifteenth and sixteenth century Cù Lao Chàm / Hoi An shipwreck’s cargo consists of several different types
of ceramics. This essay introduces three types of blue and white ware, based on their external appearance of
glaze, decorations, and…

The topic of this abstract fits best within the Collections-based Research Session because existing museum
collections of carnelian beads from two archaeological shipwreck sites were analyzed. The sites include different
ship constructions located…