Cargo Disposition
The ceramics were desalinated
and studied in Singapore before half of the cargo was returned
to the Indonesian government, as per the license terms, and the
other half was donated to the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, USA.
Publications
1. The Archaeological
Excavation of the Java Sea Wreck, Mathers, W., Flecker, M.,
Pacific Sea Resources, 1997.
2. The 13th Century
Java Sea Wreck: Bulk Iron and Ceramics from China, Flecker,
M., Proceedings of the Fujian Ceramics Conference, Singapore /
Chicago, 1999.
3. The
Thirteenth-Century Java Sea Wreck: A Chinese Cargo in an Indonesian
Ship, Flecker, M., The Mariner's Mirror,
Vol.89 No.4, November 2003.
4. Rescue Excavation:
The Java Sea Wreck, Flecker, M., Heritage Asia Magazine, Vol.
3, No. 2, December 2005 - February 2006.
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