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AR5002:12
Maritime Archaeology Practicum
[Not offered in 2004]
13 weeks lectures, tutorials, workshops, conservation exercises and guided reading in addition to a structured field trip, in situ wreck recording, mapping and excavation, recovery and processing of finds, team leadership and management.
Available to students enrolled in either the Graduate Diploma in Maritime Archaeology or the Master of Maritime Archaeology.
Dr M Gibbs.
This subject includes underwater site recording including manual underwater recording systems and HPASS systems; position fixing including GPS and DGPS systems; remote sensing including side-scan sonar, magnetometer survey, metal detectors and CHIRP systems; underwater photography including photo-mosaics, stereo photogrammetry and video; artefact documentation, storage and analysis; artefact photography and drawing; materials science and conservation.
provide students with extensive practical skills in conducting maritime archaeological and/or underwater archaeological fieldwork and/or laboratory research (Diploma and Masters students);
enable students to develop and implement the skills associated with successfully planning and conducting a focussed research project and leading to the writing of a minor research thesis based on sites and collections accessed in the first instance through the Practicum (Masters students);