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A fundamental challenge for managers is how to allow divers access to shipwrecks whilst ensuring these sites are not harmed. A better understanding of the motivations and attitudes of divers who visit shipwrecks may allow better informed and more…

In this paper, the archaeological materials salvaged from the Shinan shipwreck, a fourteenth century Chinese
mercantile ship that sank near Shinan islands of South Korea, will be analyzed through correlating the materials
found on the Shinan ship…

The paper focuses on the ships in the Middle Ages of East Asia. Seonhwa Bongsa Goryeo Dogyeong1
illustrates
the early period of Goryeo, a time that lacks of historical records. The book contains information of official ships
that envoys took and…

Waterlogged wood cultural relics often need consolidation before drying to prevent shrinkage and cracking of
the object. Polyethylene glycol (PEG), as one of the commonly used consolidating agents, is widely used in
archaeological wood…

As one of the most important instruments of production in ancient time, ships are a complicated and systematic carrier. To study their uses one could broach the subjects of naval architecture, art of seamanship, fishing production, social function of…