Jeremy Green's systematic overview of maritime archaeology offers a step-by-step
description of this fast-growing field. With new information about the use of computers and …

This article critically reviews four decades of development of maritime and underwater
archaeology in India (MUAI). Established in 1981, the first Marine Archaeology Centre at the …

This paper describes the current state of knowledge in the study of Indo‐Arabian stone
anchors in the western Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Arabian Gulf, and speculates on what …

Seafarers have used anchors since they ventured into the sea. Various types of pierced
stones were used before the manufacture of metal anchors. In India various stone anchors …

Vijaydurg was a minor port situated on the bank of River Vaghotan in Sindhudurg district of
Maharashtra. It was also identified with the Byzantine by Ptolemy and Periplus in the 1st and …

Three-holed stone anchors have been considered the earliest 'composite anchors',
replacing single-hole 'weight anchors' of the Bronze Age. Though there is inconclusive …

As the literature on the economy of the medieval Indian Ocean grows in the wake of a
booming interest in ocean spaces as categories of analysis and in transoceanic …

Marine archaeology, also known as maritime, nautical or underwater archaeology deals with
the 'scientific study of the material remains of man and his past activities on the sea'. Marine …

Coastal explorations were carried out along the west coast of India at Elephanta Island,
Malvan, Vijaydurg, Sopara and Chaul. A number of lead and copper coins as well as pottery …

Marine archaeological investigations brought to light a large number of antiquities
suggesting active maritime practices along the Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India dating back …