One of the most important aspects of scholarship in every academic field must be the presentation and discussion of new ideas, approaches, and methodologies, often best expressed through the work of early‐career researchers. This is even more important in fields like maritime archaeology, because of new discoveries and the continual advances of methodologies and techniques. This book is an ideal example of such scholarship. It gathers a series of papers presented at the Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium held in Oxford 2018 (an Honor Frost Foundation initiative that has become an annual event, with subsequent meetings published online: https://honorfrostfoundation.org/publications/short-reports/mags-2019/). The Introduction explains that the subject of this first symposium was purposely rather broad, not limited in terms of geography (although a predominance of Mediterranean studies is evident), topics, or temporal periods, thus allowing for the participation of a variety of young scholars from different countries, specializations and backgrounds.

Twelve papers are included, covering nearly all main aspects of maritime archaeology: ancient shipwrecks and ship‐iconography (Tzovaras on the Early Bronze Age ships of the Aegean, Cabrera Tejedor on the Mazarrón ships, and Polakowski on the warships of the Carthaginian Wars), along with ancient and medieval harbours and harbour systems (Amundson on Roman Menorca, Raad on ancient Beirut, Del Mastro Ochoa on medieval Almeria, and Karampas on Roman Crete). More specialized topics include the trade of olives in antiquity (Briggs), movement‐patterns of hominids across the Aegean Palaeolithic dry land (Tsakanikou and MacNabb), as well as historical or more theoretical and general subjects, such as Hellenistic piracy (Pacheco), the Pacific armada of the Peruvian viceroyalty (Agudo Rey), uses and abuses of maritime Phoenician culture (Sassine), and an account of recent developments in the maritime archaeology of the Biscay region (Matés Luque).

This diversity of subjects, periods, and approaches is probably the book's main attraction. Through this series of different papers, the reader acquires an inclusive and exciting image of the vibrant activity of new research in maritime archaeology, presented by those who are actively undertaking it and who share original and often innovative approaches, ideas, and results. Their enthusiasm and passion for their topics is evident. The inclusion of varied geographical areas and subjects in the contributions allows for a broader perspective on the progress of maritime archaeology and history inside and outside the Mediterranean, and offers an insight into fields and regions many scholars often know little about. In terms of presentation and quality, the volume follows the high standards of recent BAR publications, well printed and thoroughly organized, with black‐and‐white and colour illustrations and charts supplementing the text. In general, the publication works equally well for someone who wants to read the whole book as a collection of papers highlighting some of the latest developments in maritime archaeology, or to locate and study specific subjects within the volume (via the Table of Contents—there is no index).

Nevertheless, the multiplicity of topics and authors also constitutes this volume's main disadvantage, as is often the case with such collections of papers. Covering such a wide range of topics, it lacks any focus on a specific subject, period, or approach. There is also an imbalance in content and quality. Several contributions are extended summaries of postgraduate theses, failing to filter the studies’ results from their already known background and becoming too tedious to read. Another issue is the lack of thorough editing in several papers in which typos and mistakes are to be found, and in one case (Matés Luque) the quality of the English text leaves a lot to be desired, something that should have been taken care of by the editors. One last editing issue concerns the quality and number of illustrations. Some are of low quality, including some maps or satellite photographs. On some occasions, the illustrations, although essential for the comprehension of the dense text, remain too few and too obscure to be helpful (e.g. Raad).

Despite these shortcomings, however, which are mainly editorial, the book fulfils its aims. It offers an insight into the most recent research and promising scholarship of maritime archaeology and history and includes several very interesting papers. It highlights the latest progress in various fields of study, while also emphasizing the future potential development and impact of new ideas and methods, not only as the result of these varied studies, but also as stepping‐stones for further fruitful discussions and interpretations.

在每个学术领域，奖学金最重要的方面之一必须是对新思想，新方法和新方法的介绍和讨论，这些新思想，新方法和新方法通常可以通过早期研究人员的工作来最好地表达。由于新的发现以及方法论和技术的不断进步，这在海洋考古等领域显得尤为重要。这本书是这种奖学金的理想例子。它收集了在2018年牛津大学举行的海洋考古学研究生座谈会上发表的一系列论文（荣誉弗罗斯特基金会倡议已成为年度盛会，随后的会议在线发布：https：//honorfrostfoundation.org/publications/short-reports/ mags-2019 /）。引言部分解释说，这是第一次研讨会的主题，目的是相当广泛的，

其中包括十二篇论文，几乎涵盖了海洋考古学的所有主要方面：古代沉船残骸和船舶影像学（爱琴海的青铜时代早期船上的Tzovaras，Mazarrón船上的Cabrera Tejedor和卡塔吉尼亚战争的军舰上的Polakowski），以及古代和中世纪的港口和港口系统（罗马梅诺卡岛上的阿蒙森，古代贝鲁特上的拉德，中世纪阿尔梅里亚上的德尔马斯特罗·奥乔亚和罗马克里特岛上的卡兰帕斯）。更专门的主题包括：古代橄榄贸易（Briggs），爱琴海人在爱琴海旧石器时代的干旱地区的运动模式（Tsakanikou和MacNabb），以及历史或更理论性和一般性的主题，例如古希腊海盗行为（Pacheco），秘鲁总督的太平洋舰队（Agudo Rey），海上腓尼基文化（Sassine）的使用和滥用，

主题，时期和方法的多样性可能是本书的主要吸引力。通过这一系列不同的论文，读者将获得海洋考古学新研究蓬勃发展活动的包容性和令人兴奋的图像，这些人将由积极从事这项工作并分享原创且往往是创新性方法，思想和结果的人们呈现。他们对主题的热情和热情是显而易见的。文稿中包含了不同的地理区域和主题，从而使人们可以更广泛地了解地中海内部和外部的海洋考古学和历史进展，并提供对许多学者很少了解的领域和地区的见识。在展示和质量方面，该数量遵循近期BAR出版物的高标准，印刷得井井有条，组织得井井有条，黑白和彩色插图以及图表作为文本的补充。总的来说，该出版物对于希望阅读整本书作为论文集的人同样有效，这些论文着重介绍了海洋考古学的一些最新进展，或者在其中找到并研究特定主题（通过目录）。是没有索引）。

尽管如此，主题和作者的多样性也构成了本卷的主要缺点，就像这类论文集经常出现的那样。涵盖如此广泛的主题，它没有将重点放在特定的主题，时期或方法上。在内容和质量上也存在不平衡。有几篇文章是研究生论文的摘要，未能从已知的背景中筛选出研究的结果，并且变得太繁琐而无法阅读。另一个问题是，在几篇论文中缺乏对错别字和错误的彻底编辑，在一种情况下（MatésLuque），英文文本的质量令人望而却步，这是应该解决的问题由编辑。最后一个编辑问题涉及插图的质量和数量。有些质量很差，包括一些地图或卫星照片。在某些情况下，插图虽然对理解密集的文本至关重要，但仍然太少且太晦涩，无法提供帮助（例如Raad）。

尽管存在这些主要是社论方面的缺点，但该书仍能实现其目标。它提供了有关海洋考古学和历史的最新研究和有前途的学术研究的见识，并包括几篇非常有趣的论文。它强调了各个研究领域的最新进展，同时也强调了新思想和方法的未来潜在发展和影响，这不仅是这些不同研究的结果，也是进一步开展富有成果的讨论和解释的基石。