Abstract Southeast Asia, with Indonesia at its core, was the epicentre of the most
extraordinary expansion of global trade ever witnessed along the Maritime Silk Route. But …

This article reviews historical legislation relating to the management of shipwrecks in
Indonesia, examining issues relating to terminology, division of authority, and …

This paper calls for a maritime turn in critical heritage theory. Drawing on recent work on
ocean and maritime ontologies, it takes up the idea of the 'ocean in excess' to argue for a …

Mountains and highlands are not what scholars have conventionally imagined them to be:
environments that limit and constrain their inhabitants in deterministic ways. Rather …

With its boundlessness, depth and fickle liquidity, the sea lends itself to a different way of
thinking about the seasons. There is no doubt, of course, that there are seasons at sea …

Following Max Liboiron's claim that pollution is colonialism, the anti-colonial maritime
archaeologist's role in the Anthropocene might be to reframe research questions, so that …

Global Ships examines the major seafaring traditions and technologies that engendered
long-distance connections across the world's oceans during the Global Middle Ages …

In an era of species extinction, ecological destruction and uncertain futures, the separation
of nature and culture within conceptualisations of heritage has become increasingly …

Chapter 24 defends a broader definition of the silk roads. The political appropriation of this
term by the Chinese Communist Party can be rejected in favour of a more nuanced and …

Abstract Australian warship HMAS Perth (I) was sunk during the Battle of the Sunda Strait in
1942, claiming the lives of 353 men. It was not until 2017 that Indonesian and Australian …