Special thanks to George Bass, George Fisher, Susan Langley, Dave Meadows’ Explorator team, Mark Staniforth, and Tim Smith for sending in news items.

1.Flinders University students dive into maritime history:
http://www.borderwatch.com.au/story/1287444/students-dive-into-maritime-history/?cs=1266

2. France ratifies the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/france_ratifies_the_unesco_2001_convention_on_the_protection_of_the_underwater_cultural_heritage/

3. WWII MV Limerick found in ocean grave off NSW:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mv-limerick-found-in-ocean-grave-off-nsw/story-e6frg6n6-1226571184867
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-05/shipwreck-identified/4502022?section=nsw
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/MinMedia/MinMedia13020501.pdf
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/mv-limerick-found-in-ocean-grave-off-nsw/story-fncvk70o-1226571184867
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/mv-limerick-found-in-ocean-grave-off-nsw/story-fncynkc6-1226571184867
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/wreck-confirmation-brings-back-the-night-wwii-came/1745391/
http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/1280431/mystery-of-limerick-solved-after-70-years/?cs=171
http://csirofrvblog.com/2013/02/05/southern-surveyor-locates-resting-place-of-ww2-shipwreck/
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/02/resting-place-of-mv-limerick-revealed.html
http://www.3news.co.nz/NZ-ship-sunk-by-Japanese-in-WWII-found/tabid/417/articleID/285834/Default.aspx
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/wwii-ship-bombed-by-japanese-found-20130205-2dw1i.html?skin=text-only
http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/local/16069378/wwii-ship-bombed-by-japanese-found/
http://news.msn.co.nz/nationalnews/8605739/nz-ship-sunk-by-japanese-in-wwii-found

4. Digging for the Hydrabad, NZ, shipwreck:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/blogs/outside-the-square/8359555/Digging-for-the-Hydrabad-shipwreck

5. Canada’s oldest shipwreck to be resurrected in replica of 16th-century Basque galleon:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+oldest+shipwreck+resurrected+replica+16th+century+Basque/7981207/story.html
http://www.canada.com/Canada+oldest+shipwreck+resurrected+replica+16th+century+Basque+galleon/7981207/story.html

6. A Palaeolithic fishhook made of ivory and the earliest fishhook tradition in Europe:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440313000198
http://scinexx.de/wissen-aktuell-15593-2013-02-19.html(German)
http://derstandard.at/1360681869761/Schon-vor-dem-Ende-der-Eiszeit-ging-man-angeln(German)

7. 300 year-old shipwreck traced back to Armenians of India:
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24053/300-year-old-shipwreck-traced-back-to-armenians-of-india.html

8. Prehistoric boat built at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall will be launched next week:
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Prehistoric-boat-built-National-Maritime-Museum/story-18279472-detail/story.html#axzz2MTCOkK2Q

9. World’s longest Viking shipwreck to be exhibited in Denmark:
http://cphpost.dk/news/local/world%E2%80%99s-longest-viking-shipwreck-be-exhibited-denmark

10. Artifacts from 17th century French vessel at Corpus Christi museum headed for Austin [La Belle]:
http://www.caller.com/news/2013/feb/23/artifacts-from-17th-century-french-vessel-at-for/

11. Exciting Discovery! Two buried ships found near Candlestick Point, San Francisco:
http://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=623

12. USS Monitor remains to be buried next month at Arlington Cemetery:
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-12/local/37051700_1_turret-uss-monitor-navy-plans

13. Florida shipwrecks: Tour 11 ‘museums in the sea’
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/Florida-shipwrecks-Tour-11-museums-in-the-sea/-/11788162/18559844/-/k8uouz/-/index.html

14. Underwater discovery offers glimpse of 1850s trains:
http://articles.philly.com/2013-02-18/news/37146111_1_engines-wheels-new-jersey-museum

15. Bones of warship in Hyannis harbor?
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130221/NEWS/302210341/-1/NEWS01
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130224/NEWS/302240330/-1/NEWS10

16. What lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lake-michigan-historic-shipwrecks-eastland-disaster-lady-elgin/Content?oid=8898683

17. ECU students discover shipwreck treasures in the tanks of 1860s blockade runner:
http://beachcarolina.com/2011/03/09/students-discover-shipwreck-treasures-in-the-tanks-of-1860s-blockade-runner/#

18. New Whydah find makes a splash:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130221/NEWS/302210340

19. World’s most beautiful shipwreck:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275055/World-s-beautiful-shipwreck-Haunting-hull-Sweepstakes-lies-just-TWENTY-FEET-clear-blue-water-Ontario-lake-sank-1885.html

20. NBC2 Investigators: Oil threat from shipwrecks:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/21345094/nbc2-investigators-oil-threat-from-shipwrecks

21. Links in history’s chain [Bermuda]:
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130302/ISLAND/703029999

22. Handmade history: Replica of Swedish warship Vasa on display at Gustavus library:
http://mankatofreepress.com/features/x1303544579/Handmade-history-Replica-of-Swedish-warship-Vasa-on-display-at-Gustavus-library

23. Prof. Donny Hamilton searches 50 years to solve mystery of a lost box [off topic, still interesting]:
http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2013/01/28/prof-searches-50-years-to-solve-mystery-of-a-lost-box/

24. New book: Bjørn Lovén, Mette Schaldemose, The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus: the Zea Shipsheds and Slipways (2 vols.):
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-02-39.html

25. Vikings come ashore in a new light:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/arts/television/vikings-struggles-come-to-life-in-history-channels-series.html?ref=arts

26. 19th-century perspectives on two great rivers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/nyregion/a-review-of-the-panoramic-river-at-the-hudson-river-museum.html?ref=design&_r=0

27. Transatlantic crossing: Did Phoenicians beat Columbus by 2000 years?
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/world/americas/phoenician-christopher-columbus-america-sailboat/?hpt=hp_mid

28. Shipwrecked secrets separate fakes from prized porcelain pieces:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/shipwrecked-secrets-separate-fakes-from-prized-porcelain-pieces-20130210-2e6gd.html

29. The search for early Chinese traders:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/354993/the-search-for-early-chinese-traders

30. Surat must preserve its 300-yr-old maritime heritage:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-02/vadodara/37389492_1_quedagh-merchant-quedagh-merchant-iu-professor

31. Oman-Dutch film on search for 250 year old shipwreck to premiere in April:
http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Oman-Dutch-film-on-search-for-250-year-old-shipwreck-to-premiere-in-April-22fb

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32. Odyssey Marine: Full of surprises [commercial salvage, not archaeology]:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1240891-odyssey-marine-full-of-surprises?source=google_news
http://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/?p=10502

33. Hollandia shipwrecked ‘pirate coin’ stolen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21594626

34. Shiver me timbers, pieces of eight from West Cornwall shipwreck sold at auction [commercial salvage, not archaeology]:
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/10247042.Shiver_me_timbers__pieces_of_eight_from_West_Cornwall_shipwreck_sold_at_auction/

35. 13th Century Vietnamese maritime artefacts up for sale:
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/13th-century-vietnamese-maritime-artefacts-up-for-sale/1083260

36. Treasure hunters, Seafarer Corp., get dig & identify OK [commercial salvage, not archaeology]:
http://www.marinelink.com/news/treasure-seafarer351898.aspx

37. Academic treasure hunters gain third site [commercial salvage, not archaeology]:
http://www.marinelink.com/news/academic-treasure-hunters351646.aspx

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Wendy van Duivenvoorde, PhD
Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology
Deputy Director, Australian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres (ACHRC)
Department of Archaeology | Flinders University

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