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AR3402:03

Maritime Archaeology Field School

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Townsville

HECS Band 1

60 hours fieldwork. September/October block mode.

Available to students who hold appropriate diving certification and satisfy the competency requirements of the University Diving Officer. A quota will apply.

This subject provides the student with a practical introduction to the basic techniques of underwater survey, position fixing, mapping, recording and conservation. Lectures will describe and critique research approaches used by maritime archaeologists and the different techniques they employ in their work.

This subject will involve additional costs to cover fieldwork expenses.

Learning Objectives:

develop skills in recording cultural material in the underwater environment;

instruction in how to excavate and recover cultural material underwater;

knowledge of the methods and techniques appropriate to the study of different types of wrecks and submerged structures;

appreciation of the safety factors and logistics involved in carrying out research in the underwater environment.

Assessment by two-hour examination (40%); practical field exercises (60%).