Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World: Economy and the Maritime Cultural Landscape of Greece

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translation, seven translators with different backgrounds, both professional translators and (maritime) archaeologists, were hired. This often resulted in the use of different terminologies within the technical language. Also certain geographical terms are left in Dutch while in other chapters the English term was used, and variations between British and American English were used throughout the different chapters. This however should not be seen as an obstacle to read this immense body of work and should definitely not diminish the enormous qualitative work of both the author and the editors. In the preface it is rightly mentioned that Vlierman has ‘set a new standard for examining, measuring, describing and presenting cogs and other shipwrecks’ (p. 18). Such a high standard in this type of complete study and reconstruction of one or more ships in the framework of modern archaeological policies and practices is often very difficult to achieve due to the limitation of time and/or funding. Therefore, Vlierman and his life’s work are to be commended. A special note should be mentioned for Hemmy Clevis, who realised the publication of Vlierman’s manuscript before Clevis’ passing in late 2022. To sum up: I recommend you purchase this work and put the double-volume (10 kg heavy) luxury box near your desk, as it is a useful standard work for all shipwreck enthusiasts.