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For the purpose of keeping with the Conference aim of managing and protecting underwater cultural heritage in Asia, this paper will share the outcome of the investigation of the Chinese Tanka Sampan boat and related aspects, disseminate the maritime…

It has always been a difficult task to research and transcribe ancient seafarers’ terms pronounced in different regional dialects. Since 2015, the author has been trying to mark the Southern Hokkien (Minnan) dialect seafarers’ terms pronunciation…

The Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of the Central Cultural Fund gathered historical evidences on the SS Indus through archival research and a site survey to identify the shipwreck in 2013 and 2014.
The MAU identified an iron wreck close to the…

Diaoyutai Islands are a group of islands affiliated to Taiwan. There are many discourses on the sovereignty and legality of claim on the islands. This article firstly introduces the history of Taiwan's only ancient Chinese junk "Free China",…

The textile industry became one of the important economic activities on the Coromandel coast from the Late Medieval Period. Several ports became active on the Coromandel coast as a result of the urbanization contributed by long-distance trade and…

All underwater cultural heritage sites are related to people in land. To promote and demonstrate the protection of valuable and important underwater cultural heritage works, is not only to establish museums, organize exhibitions, produce films, or…

In this study I demonstrate that lagoons were generally used as ports in ancient Japan. A lagoon is not suitable for anchoring large boats because of its shallow water depth; however, it was the best anchorage for shallow draft boats in ancient…

Until the opening of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, Uraga had been a port with both commercial and military significance on a domestic level arguably for the duration of the Edo period (1603-1868). Its international importance, however, lies in…

In 2014 the Green Island 1 became one of the first wrecks to be excavated by the Bureau of Cultural Heritage in Taiwan, two years after the establishment of the Underwater Heritage Department, and one year before the implementation of the Underwater…