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Poster presented at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Poster presented at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Poster presented at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

This poster examines boats as depicted in bas reliefs in the Bayon temple that represent the everyday life of the Khmer empire during the 12th century.

Click here to see the poster: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/posters/Angkor_Boats.pdf

When Australia celebrated the bicentenary of European settlement in 1988, a high profile bicentennial project was the construction of a new lower concourse for the Sydney Opera House. During excavations some giant chains were recovered. The ‘Sydney…

Kerala possesses rich maritime traditions dating back to the Early Historic period. A few types of traditional watercrafts developed indigenously and some are influenced by external contacts. Archaeological excavations revealed a medieval sailboat at…

The textile industry became one of the important economic activities on the Coromandel coast from the Late Medieval Period. Several ports became active on the Coromandel coast as a result of the urbanization contributed by long-distance trade and…

The Malabar Coast of India (Lat. 8° and 13° N, and Long. 74° 50’ and 77° 50’E) is strategically positioned in the navigational network of the Indian Ocean region. From Early Historic times, this region witnessed intense maritime activities.…

The deltas of Tamil Nadu in southern part of India have several ports that acted as nodes of maritime networks.
Evidence of prehistoric hunter-gatherers is found in the Tamiraparani delta in the red sand dunes of Teri in the form
of microliths. In…

Stone Tidal Weirs can be found all around the world and were once an important way for our
predecessors to sustain their livelihood through fishing. However, in recent years, due to technological
advancements, stone tidal weirs have lost their…