The laboratory, headed by Prof. Deborah Cvikel, focuses on ship construction, seamanship and ship handling, and maritime history, based on underwater excavations and research of shipwrecks. The team is also engaged in conservation of waterlogged wood and organic material from the sea, and archaeometallurgical study of metal finds retrieved from shipwrecks and wreck-sites.

For further information, please contact the lab manager, Mr. Yoav Bornstein.