Peter Lape is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, and a curator of Archaeology at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Lape received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Brown University. His archaeological research has focused on island seascapes, trade, warfare, human-environment dynamics and archaeological heritage in Island Southeast Asia.Marlon Ririmasse is currently serves as the head of Research Center for Environmental Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, and Sustainable Culture,National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Republic of Indonesia.