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We have documented a boat-building procedure that is unique in Bengal (India). The typological name of the
boat is chhot. A smooth-skinned, rabbeted, and stapled boat of Bengal with a 'v'-shaped cross section and
prominent keel. The project took…

Ceramics are one of the major artefact types that are found in maritime archaeological excavations. Some of these ceramics have letters written in ink on them. Tthese letters are categorized as “Gang (綱)”. “Gang” is an important historical material…

So-called “winged” bows were among the first boat characteristics that were used to identify the expansion of
shipping technologies of the Austronesian speaking people across both the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Pioneers
Haddon and Hornell were…

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…

The topic of this paper fits best within this Session 18: Revisiting the UNESCO Foundation and Advanced
Courses for Asia-Pacific: Status, Development, and Challenges because it reviews UNESCO’s capacity
building efforts and activities with an aim…