Science: Archaeology: Topics: Underwater: Structures and Dwellings

A reconstruction of a lochside dwelling over 2,500 years old was built by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology at Loch Tay, Perthshire. Photographs and visitor information. 3D virtual crannog requires VRML2 (free download available.)

Frjel Discovery Programme proposes that there were far more harbours around the Baltic in the Viking period than previously thought. Research project on Gotland.

Stone terraces of unknown origin off the coast of Japan, as featured on the Laura Lee Show. Photographs from the eight sites discovered.

Excavation of the terrestrial remains of Caesarea Maritima in Israel; underwater investigation of its ancient harbor. Volunteer information; publications and reports.

David Bloch discusses the importance of salt sources and routes to the Romans, suggesting that Ostia's salt-beds were crucial to its siting. Also mentions the Romano-British Fenland and sea-level changes.

The richest sea port of ancient times until its destruction by the Romans in 146 BC. Miftah Shamali outlines what survives of the Punic port, with photographs. From LexicOrient.

Where a 300-year-old "coppergalt" - piece of melted copper ore - is supposed to be buried in the bottom sediments of lake Stora Aspan in Sweden.

Crimean coastal survey in 1997 by the Underwater Archaeology Research and Training Center of Kiev University. Illustrated maritime history of the Black Sea; project design.

Report on the results of the underwater archaeology of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during the late 17th-century.

Article from Current Archaeology on the discovery of a prehistoric bridge across the River Thames in excavations at the Eton rowing lake in Buckinghamshire.