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Maritime archaeologists


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    • Marine archaeologists
    • Nautical archaeologists
    • Shipwreck archaeologists
    • Underwater archaeologists
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    • found: Work cat.: Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy. Dutch East India Company shipbuilding : the archaeological study of Batavia and other seventeenth-century VOC ships, 2015:p. ix (Dutch maritime archaeologist; in 2006 started work as an assistant curator in the WA [Western Australian] Museum's Department of Maritime Archaeology) p. xi (I would like to thank the Nautical Archaeology Program [at Texas A&M University]) p. 4 of cover (Wendy van Duivenvoorde is a lecturer in maritime archaeology at Flinders University; also affiliated with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University)
    • found: LCSH, Apr. 5, 2016(Marine archaeologists. UF Underwater archaeologists. BT Archaeologists)
    • found: Institute of Nautical Archaeology website, Apr. 5, 2016:home page (The Institute of Nautical Archaeology conducts archaeological research to increase knowledge of the evolution of civilization through the location and excavation of underwater sites) people > key figures > Donny L. Hamilton ("Shortly after INA affiliated with Texas A&M University in 1976 and established a graduate program in nautical archaeology, Donny Hamilton was added to the faculty as a specialist in New World archaeology. ... As director of the lab, he has educated generations of nautical archaeologists in the critical field of archaeological conservation. Like most of INA's pioneer archaeologists, Donny began as a purely terrestrial archaeologist ... Dr. Hamilton also helped establish the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC) at Texas A&M in 2005, serving as its first director") Michael (1939-2001) & Susan Katzev ("Michael Katzev, INA's first vice president, became involved in underwater archaeology when he realized, while studying ancient bronze statues at Columbia, that such sculpture was most often recovered from shipwrecks")
    • found: Encyclopedia of archaeology, ©2001(Nautical Archaeology. The term nautical archaeology, as in the archaeology of ships, is used in preference to the terms marine or underwater archaeology; by the last decade of the twentieth century, nautical archaeology had become a respected subdiscipline of archaeology, and there were graduate programs devoted to training future specialists)
    • found: Encyclopedia of historical archaeology, 2002(maritime archaeology: Of the various terms referring to archaeological investigation in and alongside rivers, lakes and seas, 'maritime archaeology' began to gain currency in the 1970s; Keith Muckelroy defined it as: 'The scientific study of the material remains of man and his activities on the sea.' This he distinguished from 'nautical archaeology' with its primary focus on the technology of shipping, and the environmentally specific 'archaeology under water' encompassing investigations carried out in any body of water irrespective of the nature of the site. All these terms, including 'marine archaeology' remain in use, sometimes specific to the definitions offered by Muckelroy, at others with less precision. However, the term 'maritime' has become favoured by many as it is the most inclusive; Today, then, maritime archaeology is the study of material remains relating to human activities on the seas, interconnected waterways and adjacent locales)
    • found: Archaeological method and theory : an encyclopedia, 2000:Nautical Archaeology (The archaeological investigation of human use of waterways. Other, related terms that have been used include marine archaeology, maritime archaeology, and most recently, hydroarchaeology, but the field should not be confused with underwater archaeology, even though the majority of modern nautical archaeological excavations have been under water. Nautical archaeology is most commonly pursued through the excavation of ships and boats, including wrecks, derelicts, and deliberate burials, but other types of sites can be equally important. See also Underwater Archaeology) Underwater Archaeology (The location and excavation of submerged sites. The term refers to any type of site that must be excavated under water and should be distinguished from nautical archaeology)
    • found: The Oxford companion to archaeology, 1996(Underwater Archaeology; any archaeology that is performed underwater; underwater archaeology has no basic theory unique to itself, except for the specialized studies that surround the evolution and technology of ship construction. The terms "nautical archaeology," "maritime archaeology," and "shipwreck archaeology" are used to describe this latter area of specialization; with the establishment of the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University in 1976 followed by the Program in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology at East Carolina University in 1981, the first university academic programs were established to train professional archaeologists in nautical or maritime archaeology)
    • found: Darvill, T. The concise Oxford dictionary of archaeology, 2002(maritime archaeology (marine archaeology): A subdiscipline of archaeology that focuses on the scientific investigation of the relics of past ships and seafaring; underwater archaeology: A subdiscipline involving the study and investigation of archaeological sites, deposits, and shipwrecks benath the surface of the water in the seas, oceans, lakes, and rivers. See also maritime archaeology, wetland archaeology)
    • found: Kipfer, B.A. Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology, ©2000(underwater archaeology: The study of sites and shipwrecks beneath the surface of the water; includes the examination of submerged settlement sites under freshwater lakes, in harbor, and shipwrecks under the sea)
    • found: The Penguin archaeology guide, 2001(underwater archaeology: the survey, excavation and analysis of submarine archaeological remains, most often the remains of sunken ships)
    • found: OCLC, Apr. 5, 2016(titles: Michael Overfield : maritime archaeologist; PhotoModeler 3.0 : a workshop for maritime archaeologists at Heritage S.A. and the Heritage Office of N.S.W.; Using Photo Modeler 3.0 : guidelines for maritime archaeologists; The lure of sunken treasure : under the sea with marine archaeologists and treasure hunters; Successful cooperation : underwater archaeologists and a provincial government; Derek the dredger and the underwater archaeologists; Principles of sonar & mag for underwater archaeologists and cultural resource managers; Secrets of the Bible seas : an underwater archaeologist in the Holy Land; Why ships wreck : discoveries of U.S. Navy underwater archaeologists)
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    • 2016-04-05: new
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