Richard Henry Dana•
Two Years before the Mast
An excerpt from Richard Henry Dana's classic memoir of life at sea.
Public Engagement
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News, discoveries, and insights from NADL
Eugene O'Neill•
Bound East for Cardiff
An excerpt from Eugene O'Neill's one-act sea play Bound East for Cardiff.
Public Engagement
Herman Melville•
Moby Dick
An excerpt from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
Public Engagement
Joseph Conrad•
Heart of Darkness
The opening of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, aboard the Nellie on the Thames.
Public Engagement
Filipe Castro•
Archaeology Matters II
Information about archaeology and treasure hunting.
Public Engagement
Several Authors•
Short Texts about Treasure Hunting
A collection of texts from archaeological societies addressing the ethics and problems of treasure hunting.
Public Engagement
Collected by Paul Johnston•
Ethics Texts
Ethical codes and statements from major archaeological organizations regarding the protection of cultural heritage.
Public Engagement
Filipe Castro•
Check-List for Investors in Treasure Hunting Ventures
A critical examination of treasure hunting ventures - 21 things to consider before investing in shipwreck salvage.
Public Engagement
Ole Varmer, Mariano Aznar•
Cultural Heritage Law
Information about ethical and legal protections of the world's cultural heritage, including UNESCO conventions and domestic laws.
Public Engagement
Jesús Alberto Aldana Mendoza•
Archaeology and Change
Archaeology can, and perhaps should, deconstruct many of the ideas that we have historically given as certain, as absolute truths. Thoughts that are firmly established in the minds of most people and that scientists and intellectuals must subject…
Social ChangeReflections
Juan David Sarmiento Rodríguez & Jesús Alberto Aldana Mendoza•
Large and Small Boats: Reflections from Nautical Archaeology
Around a boat, regardless of its characteristics, a large number of questions can be asked: what materials were used for its construction? What type of construction was necessary to build it? Who built it? Where did it come from? What can it be…
ReflectionsShipbuilding
Filipe Castro•
Archaeology Matters I
“You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like. Some of them do. It’s all the same to us.”
Filipe Castro•
Sharing primary data before the work is over
Some archaeologists live in fear that their excavations might be published by somebody else, should their colleagues come across their primary data. Most archaeologists, however, don’t even publish their own excavations. It is difficult to…
Filipe Castro•
Archaeology is public or it is nothing
Social media is making archaeology public and helping archaeologists to share their discoveries and ideas to a wider than ever public. This trend is creating a public for archaeology that is already the best ally of the cultural heritage.
Filipe Castro•
Standardizing the publication of wooden hull structures
As we work on our shipbuilding databases it becomes increasing evident that we must standardize the description of wooden hull structures, in the same way biologists standardized the description of insects.
Gabriel Dzodom•
The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library Blog
Welcome to the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library Webpage. We expect to have this website running in the Fall semester of 2019.
Ergun Akleman•
Pepper Wreck 15 Years Later
A comic-style retrospective on the excavation and reconstruction of a seventeen century Portuguese nau.
Iberian ShipsPortugalShipwrecks