Foreword

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Abstract

It is with great delight that I write the foreword for this book. Having spent most of my career researching legacy data from underwater excavations in the field of maritime archaeology of the early 1960s and 1970s, I am keenly aware of the potential of such studies and the importance of publishing such sites. My own work includes the study of legacy data related to ship construction techniques, archaeometallurgy, dendroarchaeology, and material provenancing from the seminal wreck sites of the 1629 Dutch East India Company ship Batavia off the coast of Western Australia and the 4th-century B.C. Kyrenia ship in Cyprus. Both shipwrecks were excavated at a time when underwater archaeology was in its infancy and basic excavation techniques were being developed and refined for the very first time. As meticulously and brilliantly our pioneering colleagues excavated shipwrecks and underwater sites, in general, many aspects of their work have remained unstudied and unpublished to date.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRochelongue Shipwreck
Subtitle of host publicationMaritime network and cultural interaction in West Languedoc, France during 7th-6th centuries B.C.
EditorsEnrique Aragón-Núñez
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherBAR Publishing
Pagesxiv
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9781407360379
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameCultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
PublisherBAR Publishing
NameBAR International Series
PublisherBAR Publishing
Volume3141

Keywords

  • underwater excavations
  • maritime archaeology
  • shipwrecks
  • Archaeometallurgy
  • Dendroarchaeology
  • Rochelongue underwater site

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