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India's maritime heritage dates to around 4,500 years, since the Indus Valley Civilization. The impetus to revisit and
re-develop maritime links was trade (primarily in cotton, pepper, and other spices), due to the monopoly of the Persians
and,…

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…

Crossing the Rivers at Fords in the Prehistory and Later Prehistory: Tracing the Probable and Lesser-Known
Movements is focused on the prehistoric and early historic sites located on the perennial rivers of south India.
This topic suits Session 22,…

As part of research on unmanned exploration equipment, we conducted a study related to the development of a
small autonomous surface vehicle for exploring underwater heritage in areas that are difficult to access by ship.
In order to develop an…

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.…

To better identify submerged archaeological targets, multiple state-of-art survey techniques were carried out in
underwater geoarchaeological studies at the exploration stage. Previous underwater surveys identified ten Dutch
colonial vessels dating…

Carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) is a high-strength, lightweight material that is widely used in the
aerospace and automobile industries, and recently is also used in the shipbuilding field. However, the fibre
volume fraction of the…

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…

Photogrammetry has rapidly gained attention in the field of underwater archaeology since around 2011,
largely due to significant time constraints associated with underwater excavation. Photogrammetry is a
technique that utilizes photographs taken…