Fascinating. I very much respect marine archaeologists as when you compare your task to land archaeologist you face so many more challenges to do your job. Looking forward to more videos like this in the future.
Thank you so much for the kind words. Well, in some respects pie’s is more challenging, but at the same time it is also more rewarding. Material that does not survive on land sites, May survive well on an underwater site.
Dr. Batchvarov what would be the typical duration of a single dive and do you have a safety diver keeping track of the time or does each diver monitor themselves. Thank you posting this and I am looking forward to learning more.
We do have a dive master who monitors time in, time out, air consumption, etc. the length of the dives depends on the depth at which we work. This site is very shallow: 8 meters, so our limitation is air consumption and … apologies, but bladder requirements. On average, here we dive for 1.5 hours; some of us twice a day.
How many seasons of excavation do you typically plan for when starting to study a newly discovered wreck, or does that depend upon what is found at each stage?
It depends on the size of the wreck, it’s state of preservation, Overall interest and what is aboard. Frankly, it also depends on the political situation.
Thanks for the video, very interesting. I'm a scuba diver and archaeology enthusiast. What is required to join a marine archaeology excavation team? Do you need to have completed any specific courses (university programs or advanced scuba certifications)?
It certainly helps to have some background in archaeology. Usually it is our students that form the core of the archaeological team. Many projects take volunteers. In Europe - really everywhere in the world except in the USA - there is also the NAS courses. NAS stands for Nautical Archaeology Society which is targeted specifically at people with interests in the field who are not professional. There many options out there if one wants to participate.
Thank you for posting your videos on the marine archaeology process. Although I've never been a diver, I find this subject fascinating from a historical and modeling perspective. I live in Seattle, Washington, USA. I'm beginning to learn about some of the wrecks in Lake Union, Puget Sound as well as along the Washington Coast. I'm learning about mostly commercial vessels so far. There's even the remains of Donald McKay's last clipper ship, Glory of the Seas. Unfortunately, there is not much left of her as she was burned for the metal in her hull in the 1920's. I'm really learning a lot from watching your channel.
Thank you very much indeed! There is a strong maritime history society in your area, directed by a good friend of mine, Nat Howe, who is a good maritime archaeologist and historian
Having done land Archaeology, seeing the similarities and differences is fascinating. I wonder though, how do you keep the time in context, since things are more mutable on the sea floor than on a well compacted land site? Or is it the fact that your sites are so well isolated, that about everything within the survey can be dated to that period?
Most shipwrecks are a closed context. Everything dates to about the same time. However, we do keep strict track of stratigraphy - just as on a land site - because this helps with the reconstruction of the ship, internal architecture, interpretation: just as on a land site.
It does indeed. And Prof. George Bass who founded the field used to teach us that for every one month of field excavation it takes two years of library research to publish a site. If anything, this is an under-estimate.
Thanks for sharing, a really interesting and well produced video, thank you.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating. I very much respect marine archaeologists as when you compare your task to land archaeologist you face so many more challenges to do your job. Looking forward to more videos like this in the future.
Thank you so much for the kind words. Well, in some respects pie’s is more challenging, but at the same time it is also more rewarding. Material that does not survive on land sites, May survive well on an underwater site.
Dr. Batchvarov what would be the typical duration of a single dive and do you have a safety diver keeping track of the time or does each diver monitor themselves. Thank you posting this and I am looking forward to learning more.
We do have a dive master who monitors time in, time out, air consumption, etc. the length of the dives depends on the depth at which we work. This site is very shallow: 8 meters, so our limitation is air consumption and … apologies, but bladder requirements. On average, here we dive for 1.5 hours; some of us twice a day.
Thank you sir, I find this very interesting @@kroumbatchvarov-archaeologist
How many seasons of excavation do you typically plan for when starting to study a newly discovered wreck, or does that depend upon what is found at each stage?
It depends on the size of the wreck, it’s state of preservation,
Overall interest and what is aboard. Frankly, it also depends on the political situation.
Thanks for the video, very interesting. I'm a scuba diver and archaeology enthusiast. What is required to join a marine archaeology excavation team? Do you need to have completed any specific courses (university programs or advanced scuba certifications)?
It certainly helps to have some background in archaeology. Usually it is our students that form the core of the archaeological team. Many projects take volunteers. In Europe - really everywhere in the world except in the USA - there is also the NAS courses.
NAS stands for Nautical Archaeology Society which is targeted specifically at people with interests in the field who are not professional. There many options out there if one wants to participate.
Interesting and appreciated video.
THANKS!
Thank you very much indeed!
Thank you for posting your videos on the marine archaeology process. Although I've never been a diver, I find this subject fascinating from a historical and modeling perspective. I live in Seattle, Washington, USA. I'm beginning to learn about some of the wrecks in Lake Union, Puget Sound as well as along the Washington Coast. I'm learning about mostly commercial vessels so far. There's even the remains of Donald McKay's last clipper ship, Glory of the Seas. Unfortunately, there is not much left of her as she was burned for the metal in her hull in the 1920's. I'm really learning a lot from watching your channel.
Thank you very much indeed! There is a strong maritime history society in your area, directed by a good friend of mine, Nat Howe, who is a good maritime archaeologist and historian
Having done land Archaeology, seeing the similarities and differences is fascinating. I wonder though, how do you keep the time in context, since things are more mutable on the sea floor than on a well compacted land site? Or is it the fact that your sites are so well isolated, that about everything within the survey can be dated to that period?
Most shipwrecks are a closed context. Everything dates to about the same time. However, we do keep strict track of stratigraphy - just as on a land site - because this helps with the reconstruction of the ship, internal architecture, interpretation: just as on a land site.
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So meticulous. It must take years to survey a site.
It does indeed. And Prof. George Bass who founded the field used to teach us that for every one month of field excavation it takes two years of library research to publish a site. If anything, this is an under-estimate.