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Coastal communities of the east African coast have, for millennia, traded with the Far East, the Mediterranean
Region, India and the Red Sea going back to at least the first millennium BCE or before. These trade links across the
Indian Ocean…

Research of landscape using GIS is progressing in archaeology in recent years, and the significance of the
research of landscape from the sea or seascape is also being stressed. Seascape research has important
implications for understanding how…

As human societies continue to expand economically and socially in a divergent manner, the destruction of
cultural heritage sites becomes almost inevitable. Since modern times in China, the construction of dams and
reservoirs has led to the…

My paper examines the maritime and underwater cultural heritage of the Capiz (Placuna placenta) artisanal dive fishery.
There are three types of collections of the material culture of the Capiz dive fishery. These include the Capiz artisanal
diving…

The Nanhai No. 1 hull, a Chinese merchant ship sank during the Southern Song dynasty and excavated from the
South China Sea, is an example of underwater cultural heritage waterlogged wood that has been preserved in
situ for centuries. Although the…

Through five thousand years of Chinese culture, thereare as many ancient cultural relics as there are stars in the night sky. Much like stars, these artefacts are scattered all over the world. For this reason, we established a small antiquity public…