(p.xi) Preface and Acknowledgements Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay Illustrations Maps 1 Excavated and explored sites of coastal Bengal 291 2 Excavated sites of coastal Bengal 292 Maritime archaeology or underwater archaeology in the research arena of New Archaeology is nowadays a very serious academic pursuit since the methodology of such an exercise or investigation involves many sensitive aspects of or data related to the physical and social sciences. Any attempt to reconstruct the rise and growth of human settlements or societies of the coastal region, including the history of human activities-seafaring or otherwise-certainly requires or demands scientific investigation.
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In the context of geoarchaeology, it involves the documentation of excavated and explored data and the study of the ethnoarchaeological parameters.