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Many sites in the Philippines had been battlegrounds during World War II (WWII) that resulted in substantial
sinking of American and Japanese naval vessels. Advanced technology has significantly helped in locating these
shipwrecks and documenting…

Lake Biwa, the largest in Japan, is in the heart of Shiga Prefecture, occupying an area of 670 square kilometers. Because the lake has about 4,000,000 years of history, it has been closely related to local people's everyday lives which have largely…

This study intends to examine the records of underwater excavations utilizing sound waves at the underwater sites
with bad visibilities. Marine geophysical exploration equipment was operated and method of investigation and
record using it was…

This study investigates corrosion process through analysis of corrosion products and desalination solution as a
precedent study to present proper conservation treatment methods for iron artifacts collected from the middle
West Sea. Depending on the…

During the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties numerous ships loaded with ceramics and grains went to the capitals
Gaegyeong and Hanyang in the West Sea. We know this from 14 shipwrecksfrom the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties
and tens of thousands of artifacts…

The South China Sea No.1 is the wreck of the longest, largest and most preserved shipwreck site in China. It is a classic example of bireme construction and navigational technology. The artefacts located on the site may provide many secrets of the…

Stone weirs are a traditional fishing method as well as an important underwater cultural asset of Taiwan. There
are about 600 stone weirs in Penghu and more than 100 of them in the western coastal area of Taiwan that are
still in use. This study…

The stone tidal weir is a kind of fish trap, made of numerous rocks or reef limestones, which extends along the shoreline on a colossal scale in semicircular, half-quadrilateral, or almost linear shape. At the flood tide these weirs are submerged…

Around Danzhou City at the northern coast of Hainan Island, PRC, stone tidal weirs are widely distributed.
Local history says that immigrants from the southern part of Fujian Province in mainland China came to this area
to build many stone tidal…

Various types of stone anchors have been observed during inshore and offshore explorations along the east and west coasts of India. The earliest stone anchors of India have been recorded from the Harappan sites (3rd millennium BC), but their shape…