Core of the volume are several papers presented in 2000 in Lisbon at the 6th annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeology - iii.
Close encounters : sea- and riverborne trade, ports and hinterlands, ship construction and navigation in antiquity, the Middle Ages and in modern time. ISBN 1841716367. Published by Archaeopress in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.