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About the IJNA
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (IJNA) is a forum for the exchange of ideas and research relevant to all aspects of nautical and maritime archaeology. Published twice a year, IJNA is a full colour publication, both online and in print, that contains peer-reviewed original research articles, notes, and book reviews. IJNA addresses the theory and practice of archaeology and related academic disciplines, such as cultural geography, history, ethnography, anthropology, and oceanography and other related marine sciences, which investigate human associations with water and waterborne craft of all periods throughout the world, on seas and inland waters. Aiming to encourage a fuller understanding of the maritime past within its wider context, IJNA keeps readers abreast of the latest discoveries, techniques, new interpretations, and theoretical approaches.
50 Years of the IJNA Roundtable Discussion at NAS Conference 2021
Aims and Scope
The journal covers all aspects of the study of nautical and maritime archaeology, exploring the use and development of water transport, maritime trade, coastal and offshore resource use, and the infrastructures that supported these activities from prehistory to the recent past. The material covered includes both tangible remains from terrestrial and underwater sites related to seas and inland waterways and ranges from shipwreck studies to maritime landscapes and intangible heritage related to maritime lifeways.
The journal aims to encourage a broad appreciation and understanding of the social impact of our maritime past in its wider cultural context. While archaeology is our central interest, coverage includes:
• Archaeological evidence for ships and boats, navigation, and trade
• Ethnographic approaches to nautical and maritime material cultures
• Survey and excavation of sites in rivers, lakes, and the sea
• Submerged cultural landscapes
• Harbours and other maritime-focused coastal sites
• Artefact studies and conservation methodologies
• Legislation and cultural heritage management
• Theoretical and methodological approaches
The IJNA is published online as soon as they are available, ahead of the print issues, and NAS members who subscribe to IJNA have online access to this material, as well as to the current issue and all back issues. The hard-copy print run occurs twice a year - in the spring and the autumn.
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Webinar Series
The Webinar Series is a great way to hear from some of the worlds leading authors in nautical archaeology. They are broadcast live, online, are interactive, free to watch and even recorded to the NAS YouTube Channel so you can watch them again and again.
Dr Athena Trakadas - IJNA Editor
Athena can be contacted on: ijna@nauticalarchaeologysociety.org
Dr Ioannis Nakas - IJNA Book Reviews Editor (commenced 1st March 2026)
Ioannis can be contacted via: bookreviews.ijna@gmail.com
Dr Ioannis Nakas earned his M.A. at the University of Southampton, UK, specializing in medieval Mediterranean galleys, and his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham, UK, working on Hellenistic and Roman harbours and ships of the Aegean. For many years he worked as a diving archaeologist and illustrator in many projects related with ancient harbours, such as the Zea Harbour Project (2010-2012), the Lechaion Harbour Project (2013-2016), and the Delos Underwater Project (2016-2017). In recent years he has been a researcher within the ERC project SHIPs (Ships Harbouring in Ports), studying ancient and vernacular berthing methods in the harbours of the Aegean and of the Mediterranean. For many years he has been one of the article and book reviewers of IJNA. Along with his archaeological work, he has been also working as an illustrator, his technical drawings and artistic reconstructions having been included in a series of publications, museums, and educations programs.
Advisory Editors
Lucy Blue (Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton, UK)
Giulia Boetto (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
Toni Carrell (Ships of Discovery, Galveston, USA)
John P. Cooper (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies University of Exeter, UK)
Deborah Cvikel (Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Israel)
Aoife Daly (The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Wendy van Duivenvoorde (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
Dolores Elkin (National Institute of Anthropology, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
N. C. Flemming (Oceanography Centre, Southampton University, UK)
Jeremy Green (Western Australia Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia)
Nergis Gunsenin (Istanbul University, Turkey)
Fred Hocker (Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden)
Jun Kimura (Department of Maritime Civilizations, Tokai University, Japan)
Colin Martin (School of History, University of St Andrews, Scotland)
Eric Rieth (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
Contributing
Ethical Statement
IJNA welcomes submissions from all persons engaged in archaeology with a maritime/nautical relevance anywhere in the world. However, as publication in a refereed journal gives long-term academic respectability to any material published, the Editor asks for clear information to be provided about how surveys and excavations were financed, and the location, conservation and long-term curation of all finds, and of the paper and digital archive.
The Editor expects authors to have worked within the principles laid down in the Annex to the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. These include Rule 1. 'The protection of underwater cultural heritage through in situ preservation shall be considered as the first option’; Rule 2. 'The commercial exploitation of underwater cultural heritage for trade or speculation or its irretrievable dispersal is fundamentally incompatible with the protection and proper management of underwater cultural heritage. Underwater cultural heritage shall not be traded, sold, bought or bartered as commercial goods.’
Authors must provide proof to the editor that they have permission to use any material for which they do not hold copyright (generally images). Research students must provide evidence of the approval of their supervisor(s).
IJNA is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics, and the Editor aims to work according to its Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://www.publicationethics.org/).
The journal is supported by the Honor Frost Foundation
Open Access Content
Morgawr: an experimental Bronze Age‐type sewn‐plank craft based on the Ferriby boats.
2018 International Women’s Day
In 2018 the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology celebrated International Women’s Day by asking five Journal authors to tell us how Honor Frost’s legacy is influencing and enabling their research.
You can read the celebration here
Back Issues
All online back issues of the IJNA are available through the NAS member’s area of the Membership Portal.
Some hard copy back issues are also available for purchase from the NAS Shop.
