“This book celebrates the great accomplishments of the young science of maritime archaeology, surveying major excavations and key issues. Its contributors include the field’s best and brightest. Its short essays are easy to read and comprehensive. Its layout, editing, and graphics make it as beautiful as it is informative. And there could be no more fitting editor. Throckmorton’s ideas and energy helped launch the field, and his influence and encouragement have touched nearly every major practitioner and project. If you buy one book on maritime archaeology, let this be it. For most libraries. Jay R. Kaufman, Massachusetts Bay Marine Studies Consortium, Boston.”