Books and Organizations on Underwater Archaeology
A collection of books and organizations on underwater archaeology and shipwrecks.
Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
An international advisory body on issues relating to underwater archaeology, conservation, and submerged cultural resources management. The site has lots of useful data for underwater archaeologists.
Centre Européen de Recherches et d'Etudes Sous-marines
Ceres is a French underwater archaeology research center; their website has plenty of very useful downloadable data. In French, German, English, and Spanish.
Donny Hamilton's Conservation Manual
Compiled for a course at Texas A&M on Nautical Archaeology, this manual discusses many issues involved with conservation of artifacts found underwater.
National Park Services's Submerged Cultural Resource Unit
A branch of the US Gov't, the NPS continues work on inventory and mapping projects.
Network for Underwater Archaeology
Multidisciplinary group of researchers in several institutions in Ireland, involved in riverine and lacustrine underwater archaeology.
SubArch
Underwater archaeology list, useful but occasional disagreements between professionals and commercial divers.
The Institute of Nautical Archaeology
At Texas A&M, research all over the world.
The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands
This new book by Roger C. Smith, state underwater archaeologist for the Florida Division of Historical Resources, takes the reader on a trip both underwater and into the past of the Cayman Islands; and a rollicking, swash-buckling, pirate-filled, shipwreck-strewn adventure-on-the-high-seas past it was!