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The Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan, has the highest concentration of stone fish weirs in the world. Most built
several hundred years ago, some of which are in use by local people today. This paper describes the
longstanding traditional knowledge and…

Bandar-e Kong is a port-town located in the Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf, which flourished in the 17th
century CE with the presence of the Portuguese. Since then, Bandar-e Kong has been a departure point for
Iranian ships sailing the triangle…

The results of a seven-year, multi-disciplinary investigation into the identity and origin of the “Beeswax Wreck” are discussed. The “Beeswax Wreck” is the name historically given to a 17th century source of marked beeswax blocks and candles…

In Gogunsan Archipelago in Gunsan, explorations and underwater excavations have been conducted by the
National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage since 2021, and a total of 570 artifacts have been
recovered. This study introduced…

In 2001 the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development passed a bill in the Parliament of Sri Lanka entitled the “Long–Term Management of Maritime Wrecks and Underwater Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka”.. A committee, known as the…

The stone bench that was recovered at the oldest Maritime Archaeological site at Godawaya (Ambalantota) in Sri Lanka is an unusual archaeological artifact which has become instrumental in turning the history of Maritime Archaeology in Sri Lanka in a…