The book discusses various aspects of the technical support of underwater archaeological research in marine and freshwater areas. This book considers the relevance, specificity, and artifacts of underwater archaeological research, stating the factors of flooding of archaeological artifacts. The authors describe the basic equipment for underwater work, as well as the equipment for remote study of the bottom and underwater archaeological research. This book presents the usage of instrumentation in underwater archaeology. Case studies included in this book correspond to the flooded ancient Greek cities of Fanagoria and Patraeus in the Taman Bay of the Black Sea, flooded Neolithic settlements on Lake Sennitsa in the Pskov region of Russia, sunken ships in the north of the Black Sea and sunken liner “Titanic” in the Atlantic Ocean.
The book is intended for students, graduate students and archaeologists who are interested in the specifics of underwater archaeological research and are planning to conduct it.
Author(s): Mikhail Klyuev, Anatoly Schreider, Igor Rakitin
Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 99
City: Cham
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Contents
1 Introduction
References
2 Factors of Flooding of Archaeological Artifacts
3 Basic Equipment for Underwater Archaeological Research
3.1 Base ship
3.2 Diving Equipment
3.3 Submersible Vehicles
3.4 Hydraulic Ejector and Soil Pump
3.5 Site Marking
3.6 Conservation of Artifacts
References
4 Special and Auxiliary Equipment for Underwater Archaeological Research
4.1 Echo Sounder
4.2 Multibeam Echo Sounder
4.3 Side-Scan Sonar
4.4 Sub-Bottom Profiler
4.5 Magnetometer
4.6 Underwater Photogrammetry
4.7 GPS, Underwater Navigation and Communications
4.8 Auxiliary Equipment
References
5 Technical Aspects of Underwater Archaeological Research in Ancient Fanagoria
5.1 Brief History of Ancient Fanagoria
5.2 Reasons for the Partial Flooding of Fanagoria
5.3 Technical Methods for Studying Underwater Fanagoria
5.4 Underwater Archaeological Work in Fanagoria
5.5 Findings and Artifacts of Underwater Fanagoria
References
6 Technical Aspects of Underwater Archaeological Research in Ancient Patraeys
6.1 Brief History of Ancient Patraeys
6.2 The Collapse of Stones in the Underwater Patraeys, Its Study with the Help of a Sub-Bottom Profiler and Interpretation
7 Technical Aspects of Underwater Archaeological Research of Neolithic Settlements on Lake Sennitsa
Reference
8 Underwater Archaeological Research of Sunken Ships in the Black Sea
8.1 Study of the sunken battleship “Empress Catherine the Great”
8.2 Study of the Sunken Cargo Ship “Sacco and Vanzetti”
Reference
9 Technical Means of Studying the Liner “Titanic”
References
10 Conclusion
References
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