Publications

The many steps essential for conducting high-level marine archaeology in the deep ocean require a diversity of skills and expertise and are often time-consuming processes. As a rule of thumb, for every month spent investigating a shipwreck at least one year, and sometimes longer, is needed to conserve, document, research and interpret the finds. To protect both shipwreck sites and commercial interests, in line with many government bodies working in cultural resource management, scientific results will generally not be available for publication until after a project is completed.

Odyssey is committed to sharing its discoveries with the widest spectrum of society through popular articles and books, television programs, traveling exhibitions and scientific reports and papers. A variety of reports and publications are now available to the public and some are accessible through this website. "Odyssey Papers" are listed at the bottom of this page.

Articles published in various popular or specialty magazines and journals are available in the "Features" section of this site.

Books

Greg Stemm and Sean Kingsley, Oceans Odyssey. Deep-Sea Shipwrecks in the English Channel, Straits of Gibraltar & Atlantic Ocean (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2010). 

Ellen C. Gerth, Bottles from the Deep. Patent Medicines, Bitters and other Bottles from the Wreck of the Steamship Republic (Shipwreck Heritage Press, 2006).

Priit J. Vesilind, Lost Gold of the Republic (Shipwreck Heritage Press, 2005).

Odyssey Papers

Underwater Cultural Heritage & UNESCO in New Orleans (2010) - with contributions by Prof. Filipe Castro, Prof. David Bederman, John Kimball, Greg Stemm, James Sinclair, Daniel De Narvaez, and Dr. Sean Kingsley

Axel Niestlé, The 'Atlas' Survey Zone: Deep-sea Archaeology & U-boat Loss Reassessments (2010)

Neil Cunningham Dobson, Hawk Tolson, A Note on Human Remains from the Shipwreck of HMS Victory, 1744 (2010)

Dr. Stephen Johnston, A Note on the Wooden Carpenter's Rule from Odyssey Shipwreck Site 35F (2010)

Hawk Tolson, Ellen Gerth, Faith of Our Fathers: Religious Artifacts from the SS Republic (2010)

David L. Balkwill, April C. Smith, Microbiological & Chemical Analysis of Bottles from the SS Republic (2009)

Q. David Bowers, The SS Republic Shipwreck Excavation Project: the Coin Collection (2009)

Neil Cunningham Dobson, Ellen Gerth, J. Lange Winckler, The Shipwreck of the SS Republic (1865). Experimental Deep-Sea Archaeology. Part 1: Fieldwork & Site History  (2009)

Neil Cunningham Dobson, Ellen Gerth, The Shipwreck of the SS Republic (1865). Experimental Deep-Sea Archaeology. Part 2: Cargo  (2009)

Dr. Sean Kingsley, Deep-Sea Fishing Impacts on the Shipwrecks of the English Channel & Western Approaches (2009)

Hawk Tolson, The Jacksonville 'Blue China' Shipwreck & the Myth of Deep-Sea Preservation (2009)

Neil Cunningham Dobson, Dr. Sean Kingsley, HMS Victory, a First-Rate Royal Navy Warship Lost in the English Channel, 1744. Preliminary Survey & Identification (2009).

Neil Cunningham Dobson, Hawk Tolson, Anthony Martin, Brian Lavery, Richard Bates, Fernando Tempera, Jacqui Pearce, The HMS Sussex Shipwreck Project (Site E-82) Preliminary Report (2009).

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