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THE THIRTEENTH-CENTURY JAVA SEA WRECK: A CHINESE CARGO IN AN INDONESIAN SHIP

As odd as it may seem, the Java Sea Wreck was first discovered by fishermen when they observed birds feeding on a school of fish that was hovering over the wreck. After months of great fishing an iron concretion was inadvertently hooked. A tiny green-glazed dish adhered to the concretion. Local divers heard of the discovery and started to loot the wreck. They were caught by the Indonesian Navy and the wreck position became known to a salvage company which then obtained a salvage licence from the Indonesian government. That company recovered some 8,000 ceramic items before running into technical and financial difficulties. In 1996 Pacific Sea Resources obtained the salvage licence for the wreck and carried out what was essentially rescue archaeology, recovering approximately 12,000 ceramic items and a variety of artifacts. The author managed the excavation. The cargo was divided, with half being returned to the Indonesian government as per the licence terms and the other half being donated to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA. The wreck was located between Bangka Island and Jakarta, on the western edge of the Java Sea, in latitude 4°14′ S and longitude 106°40′ E (Fig. 1). A comprehensive archaeological report entitled The Archaeological Recovery of the Java Sea Wreck1 was published by Pacific Sea Resources. The findings are indeed worthy of wider dissemination and are therefore summarized in this paper, along with much additional information that has come to light since publishing.