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ANTH 608

Skills in Maritime Archaeology

Shelley Wachsmann, Ph.D.
Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology
Nautical Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology

Office hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 PM
Email: swachsmann@tamu.edu
Phone: Wed: (979) 847-9257  Mobile/Text: (979) 574-7693

Course Description

Students seeking a future in maritime archaeology require a wide knowledge of techniques, tools  and methods used in the field. This seminar aims to introduce students to primary themes and  tools in maritime archaeology. It will acquaint participants with remote sensing and mapping,  interpreting, recording, and storing data used in maritime archaeological surveys. Students will  study the theory pertaining to these topics and will also have opportunities to practice the  required skills in exercises.

Specifically, this course will familiarize students with the following topics: A) concepts associated with remote sensing, B) basic methodologies for mapping an archaeological site,  C) basic software available to map and record an archaeological site, D) fundamental ethical  questions and legislation related to the survey and excavation of submerged cultural resources,  E) advanced methods of recording artifacts, F) the most common analysis and sciences  associated with the interpretation of a submerged site.

Topics covered in this course vary somewhat from year to year but may include, while not being  limited to, remote sensing, aspects of maritime cultural resource management and deep submergence archaeology, as well as relevant technologies pertaining to field work and artifact  study such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote-sensing technologies, laws  pertaining to maritime cultural resources, documentation tools (Faro Arm and X-ray fluorescence  [XRF]) and methods. Some meetings may include practical training in handling equipment and  recording archaeological sites, using library resources, learning specific computer software, and  developing a clear vision of the problems associated with underwater survey, excavation and  cultural resource management. Students will be required at the end of the course to submit a  seminar paper and a conference poster.

During the course students will have the opportunity to interact directly with leaders in the  various themes that compose the field of maritime archaeology as well as with experts in the  technologies that makes this research possible.

ANTH 608 Maritime Skills/Schedule

(NB Speakers and schedule subject to change)

Week 1

Introduction Introduction/On Writing & On Creating a Conference Poster with Dr.  Carolyn Kennedy
Week 2

Dr. Isabel Rivera-Collazo: Community Engagement in Coastal Settings & the Use of  Maritime Heritage in Support of Climate Action
Week 3

Dr. Chris Dostal: The Philadelphia Gunboat Research Initiative: From Bow to Stern Analysis of a Shipwreck (Seminar paper and poster abstracts due in class)
Week 4

Ms. Amy Borgens: On Being a State Nautical Archaeologist: The Skill Set
Week 5

Mr. Josh Daniel: A Deep Dive in the Real World: A Career in Nautical Archaeology
Week 6

Ms. Elizabeth Essex: You Can write Fiction and This is How
Week 7

Mr. Jeff Morris: Introduction to Side-Scan Sonar and Magnetometers, Principals and  Interpretation
Week 8

Ms. Kim Faulk: Digital Interpretation Packages and Procedures/Life after Degree
Week 9 Spring Break
Week 10

Dr. Amanda Evans: Project Planning and Interpretation
Week 11

Carrie Sowden: Museums: The Job Where You Get to Do Everything
Week 12

Dr. Alexis Catsambis: Submerged Cultural Heritage Management in the United States
Week 13

Dr. Dana Yoerger: Deep Submergence Archaeology: The Final Frontier
Week 14

Dr. Piotr Bojakowksi: Conflict Archaeology and Military History as a Profession 

(Seminar papers and posters due by 5 PM) 
Week 15

Students present their papers
Grading Policy:

Grades in this course will be based on your class participation (20 percent), on a seminar paper  (60 percent) and a poster (20 percent). In those classes in which we will be having presentations  by external experts I will expect you to have read the references and to display a clear knowledge  of the subject matter. Letter grades assigned will follow the standard TAMU scale: 100-90 = A,  89-80 = B, 79-70 = C, 69-60 = D, 59 and below = F.

Assignments

The research seminar paper

This paper, about 5,000 words/20 double-spaced, single-sided pages, allows you to demonstrate your proficiency in one of the aspects of the course. The choice  of a topic for your paper is yours and I am open to any and all reasonable proposals as long as  they fit within the limits of the seminar: I recommend finding a topic in which you wish to  develop an expertise or that you find of particular interest. The paper should be carefully  researched, using primarily original sources and focused on a well-defined topic. Use American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) reference style: download a copy of the style instructions here (http://www.ajaonline.org/submissions). Except for books, almost all the readings required for this course  are available online on Canvas and/or at specified URLs (see below).

The poster
Today posters are an important method for scholars, particularly young scholars, to  present their work at conferences and other professional meetings. Part of your grade will be  based on the creation of a conference-worthy paper. Dr. Carolyn Kennedy will discuss best  procedures for creating a poster during our first, introductory meeting. Expenses to produce the  posters will be covered by the Department of Anthropology. The poster can deal with the topic  of your course seminar paper, or cover a different subject, after clearing it with me.

Topic selection and abstracts
As topic selection can be a difficult process, and lead to  procrastination, I encourage you to look over the material that we will cover and select topics early in the semester. The poster can be on the same subject as the student’s seminar paper. You  are required to discuss your topic ideas with me. To help you in selecting topics, so that you will  have time to work on them, I require that you submit to me 250-word abstracts, together with a  preliminary bibliography, for both the seminar paper and the poster (two abstracts) at our third meeting. Remember, deadlines are our friends. Note that these abstracts should be statements of  intent that describe the topics and explain why they are important. The abstracts should be  considered as contracts between the student and the instructor regarding the topics of your  seminar paper and poster. Should you wish to change or alter the topic of either, you must  receive my permission to do so.

Submission date for seminar paper and poster.
Hard copies and pdfs (sent to a Canvas folder)  of seminar papers and posters are due no later than 5 PM on the day of our penultimate class. Late submissions will automatically be docked a letter grade. (If both the seminar paper and  poster are late, only one letter grade will be docked.) Given human nature, I highly recommend  that you aim to submit your seminar paper and proposal a week or two prior to the deadline.

Office Hours

I encourage you to meet with me regularly outside of class hours to ensure that you are keeping  up with the material and remain on schedule to complete your course requirements. A good rule  of thumb is to aim to submit your seminar paper and poster at least a week before the deadline so  that if you overshoot it you will not overshoot the actual deadline.

Readings
There is no specific textbook for this course: in the place of a textbook, we will use the following  materials:

Week 1
Introduction

  • The Chicago Manual of Style. Fourteenth Edition, Revised and Expanded. Chicago. 1993. Flesch, R.F. 1949. The Art of Readable Writing. New York.
  • Hacker, D., 1988. Rules for Writers: A Concise Handbook. New York.
  • Hodder, I. 1989. Writing Archaeology: Site Reports in Context. Antiquity 63: 268–274. Provost, G., 1990. Make Your Words Work. Cincinnati.
  • Strunk, W., Jr. and E.B. White, 1979. The Elements of Style. Third Edition. London.
  • Tichy, H. J. 1988. Effective Writing for Engineers Managers Scientists. Second Edition. New  York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Reflections on Writing 
Orwell’s Law of Language:1 “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a  gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words  and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink…”

Orwell suggested six rules to improve one’s writing: Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure  of speech, which you are used to seeing in print.

  • Never use a long word where a short one will do.
  • If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
  • Never use the passive where you can use the active.
  • Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday  English equivalent.
  • Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

1 H. Rawson. 1997. Unwritten Laws: The Unofficial Rules of Life as Handed Down by Murphy  and Other Sages. New York: 174–175.

Week 2
Dr. Isabel Rivera-Collazo: Community Engagement in Coastal Settings & the  Use of Maritime Heritage in Support of Climate Action

  • Boger, R., S. Perdikaris and I. Rivera-Collazo. 2019. Cultural Heritage and Local Ecological  Knowledge Under Threat: Two Caribbean Examples from Barbuda and Puerto Rico. Journal of  Anthropology and Archaeology 7(2): 1–14.
  • Rivera-Collazo, I. 2018. Grassroots Activism and Catastrophes: The Case of Cultural Heritage  and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The SAA Archaeological Record (January): 21–24.
  • Rivera-Collazo, I. 2019. Severe Weather and the Reliability of Desk-Based Vulnerability  Assessments: The Impact of Hurricane Maria to Puerto Rico’s Coastal Archaeology. Journal of  Island and Coastal Archaeology 15(2): 244–263.
  • Rivera-Collazo, I., C. Rodríguez-Franco, J. J. Garay-Vázquez, et al. 2020. Towards a Definition  and Practice of Communal Archaeology: Ethics, Informal Learning, and Citizen Science in the  Practice of Indigenous Archaeology. Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage 7(2): 120– 134.
  • Stewart, T. J. 2019-2020. The Threat of Climate Change. American Archaeology (Winter 2019– 2020): 19-25.
Week 3
Dr. Chris Dostal: The Philadelphia Gunboat Research Initiative: From Bow to  Stern Analysis of a Shipwreck

Week 4
Ms. Amy Borgens: On Being a State Nautical Archaeologist: The Skill Set

  • Cho, H. 2014. The Challenges and Needs of Museums in Safeguarding Underwater Cultural  Heritage. Museum Management and Curatorship 29(5): 429–444.
Week 5
Mr. Josh Daniel: A Deep Dive in the Real World: A Career in Archaeology

Week 6
Ms. Elizabeth Essex: You Can write Fiction and This is How

  • Vogler, C. 1992. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters. Studio City: Michael Weiss Productions.
Week 7
Mr. Jeff Morris: Introduction to Side-Scan Sonar and Magnetometers,  Principals and Interpretation 

  • Fish, J. P. and H. A. Carr. 1990. Sound Underwater Images: A Guide to the Generation and  Interpretation of Side Scan Sonar Data. Orleans, EG&G Marine Instruments.
  • Mazel, C., 1985. Side Scan Sonar Record Interpretation. Klein and Associates, Salem, NH.
Week 8
Ms. Kim Faulk: Digital Interpretation Packages and Procedures/Life after  Degree 

  • Baeye, M., R. Quinn, S. Deleu, et al. 2016. Detection of Shipwreck in Ocean Colour Satellite  Imagery. Journal of Archaeological Science 66: 1–6.
  • Carrier, B. M., A. Pulkkinen and M. Heinz. 2016. Recognizing Geomagnetic Storms in Marine  Magnetometer Data: Toward Improved Archaeological Resource Identification Practices.  Science and Technology of Archaeological Research 2(1): 1–14.
  • Bingham, B., B. Foley, H. Singh, et al.. 2010. Robotic Tools for Deep Water Archaeology:  Surveying an Ancient Shipwreck with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Journal of Field  Robotics 27(6): 702–717.
  • Warren, D. J., C.-W. Wu, R. Church, et al. 2010. Utilization of Multibeam Bathymetry and  Backscatter for Documenting and Planning Detailed Investigations of Deepwater Archaeological Sites. In OTC-20853-MS, Offshore Technology Conference (Houston, Texas, USA 3-6 MAY  2010): 1–8.
Week 9
SPRING BREAK (No class) 
Week 10
Dr. Amanda Evans: Project Planning and Interpretation 

  • Evans, A. 2011. Working in Cultural Resource Management – One Perspective from Underwater  Archaeology. The Underwater Blogger (The Museum of Underwater Archaeology) (February  15): Web address: https://muablog.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/working-in-cultural-resource management-–-one-perspective-from-underwater-archaeology-by-amanda-evans/.
  • Evans, A. M. and M. E. Keith. 2011. The Consideration of Archaeological Sites in Oil and Gas  Drilling Operations. UNESCO Scientific Colloquium on Factors Impacting Underwater Cultural  Heritage Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium: 1-11.
Week 11
Carrie Sowden: Museums: The Job Where You Get to Do Everything 

Week 12
Dr. Alexis Catsambis: Submerged Cultural Heritage Management in the United  States

  • Maarleveld, T. J. 2011. Ethics, Underwater Cultural Heritage, and International Law. In The  Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology. A. Catsambis, B. Ford and D. Hamilton, eds.  Oxford University Press, New York: 917–941.
  • Toner, M. 2011. The Battle for the Dunkirk Schooner. American Archaeology 15(3): 12–19.
Week 13
Dr. Dana Yoerger: Deep Submergence Archaeology: The Final Frontier 

  • Wachsmann, S. 2011. Deep-Submergence Archaeology. In The Oxford Handbook of Maritime  Archaeology. A. Catsambis, B. Ford and D. Hamilton, eds. Oxford University Press, New York:  202–231.
  • Wachsmann, S. 2022. On the Potential of Deep-Submergence Archaeology. Ancient Near East  Today 10(1 [published 06 JAN 22]): (https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/deep submergence-archaeology).
Week 14
Dr. Piotr Bojakowksi: Conflict Archaeology and Military History as a  Profession

  • Gambin, T. & Hunt, A.P. (Eds.). 2020. International Conference on Aviation Archaeology and  Heritage Valletta, Malta, 2017. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Aviation  Archaeology and Heritage: Malta – November 2017. Midsea Books.
  • Lickliter-Mundon, M. E. 2018. Aviation Archaeology: History, Theory, Practice and Direction.  PhD diss. Texas A&M University.
  • Marter, P., Visser, R., Alders, P., Röder, C., Gottwald, M., Mank, M., Hubbard, S. and U.  Recker. 2017. The Excavation of WWII RAF Bomber, Halifax LV881-ZA-V. Journal of  Conflict Archaeology 12(1), 29–45.
  • Scott, G., & Gane, T. (2015). Aviation Archaeology Offshore: The Recovery of a Rare Ju88  Aircraft Wreck During Work for the New London Gateway Port. Journal of Conflict  Archaeology 10(2), 75–95.
 Week 15
Students present their papers
Bibliographies from Previous Presenters

(The schedule is a subject to change, revisions, and refinements which will be posted)

Maritime Museums and Artifact Curation (Compiled by Mr. Arthur Cohn)

  • Bartley, T.D., P.R. Bellico, and B.B. Bartley. 2004. Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of  Theodore D. Bartley (1861–1889). Fleischmanns, Purple Mountain Press.
  • Bratten, John R. 2002. The Gondola Philadelphia & the Battle of Lake Champlain. College  Station, Texas A&M University Press.
  • Catsambis, A., B. Ford & D. Hamilton, eds. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Maritime  Archaeology. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Cohn, A.B. 2003. Lake Champlain’s Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey from  Burlington Bay to the Hudson River: Building the Canal Schooner Lois McClure. Basin Harbor,  Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
  • Crisman, K.J. 1987. The Eagle, an American brig on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Shelburne, New England Press.
  • Crisman, K.J. and A.B. Cohn. 1998. When Horses Walked on Water: Horse-Powered Ferries in  Nineteenth-Century America. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Delgado, J.P. 1997. Encyclopaedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. London, British  Museum Press.
  • Graffagnino, J.K., H.N. Muller, and K.Peterson-Ishaq. 2014. The Vermont Difference:  Perspectives from the Green Mountain State. Woodstock Foundation-Vermont Historical  Society.
  • Hill, R.N. 1995. Lake Champlain: Key to Liberty. Woodstock, Countryman Press.
  • Lundeberg, P.K. 1995. The Gunboat Philadelphia and the Defense of Lake Champlain in 1776.  Basin Harbor, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
  • Ross, O. 1997. The Steamboats of Lake Champlain 1809–1930. [Albany]: Champlain  Transportation Co.
  • Ruppé, C., and J. Barstad. 2002. International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology. New  York, Plenum Publishers.
  • Spirek, J.D. and D.A. Scott-Ireton. 2003. Submerged Cultural Resource Management: Preserving  and Interpreting our Maritime Heritage. New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
  • Varmer, Ole. 2014. Underwater Cultural Heritage Law Study. BOEM-NOAA, U.S. Department  of Interior, January.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Compiled by Dr. Cecilia Smith)

General 

GIS in Maritime Archaeology 
(* = Recommended references for getting started with GIS)
  • Bampton, M. 1993. Coastal Management Planning in Maine: Geoarchaeology in Service of  Society. In Abstracts: 1993 AAG Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia Association of American  Geographers (AAG), 1993: 11.
  • Beitzel, B.J. 2007. Joint Nautical Ventures on the Mediterranean Sea by Tyrian Phoenicians and  Early Israelites. In The Association of American Geographers 2007 Annual Meeting (San  Francisco, California Association of American Geographers [AAG], 2007): 17–21.
  • Breen, C. and W. Forsythe. 2001. Management and Protection of the Maritime Cultural Resource  in Ireland.” Coastal Management 1: 41–51.
  • Breen, C., R. Quinn, and W. Forsythe. 2007. A Preliminary Analysis of Historic Shipwrecks in  Northern Ireland. Historical Archaeology 3: 4-8.
  • *Breman, J. 2003. Marine archaeology goes underwater with GIS. Journal of GIS in  Archaeology 1: 23–32.
  • Broodbank, C. 1993. Ulysses without Sails: Trade, Distance, Knowledge and Power in the Early  Cyclades. World Archaeology 3: 315–31.
  • Brown, A. G., Davis, F., Dinnin, Y. and D. Walling. 2004. Late Holocene Biodiversity, Baseline  Conditions and Floodplain Rehabilitation. The 30th Congress of the International Geographical  Union, August 2004.
  • Callaghan, R., and C. Scarre. 2009. Simulating the Western Seaways. Oxford Journal of  Archaeology 4: 357–72.
  • Ford, B. 2011. Coastal Archaeology. In The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology. A.  Catsambis, B. Ford and D. Hamilton, eds. Oxford University Press, New York: 763–785.
  • Ford, B. 2007. Down by the Water’s Edge: Modeling Shipyard Locations in Maryland, USA.  International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 1: 125–37.
  • Green, D. 2010. Geoarchaeology of Prehispanic Agricultural Landscapes in the Bais-Tanjay  Basin Negros, Oriental. Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Green, D.R. 1995. Preserving a Fragile Marine Environment: Integrating Technology to Study  the Ythan Estuary. Mapping Awareness 3(April): 28–30.
  • Groom, D. M., D. Wheatley, G. P. Earl, S. J. Poppy, and I. Oxley. 2000. Maritime Fife:  Managing. Fife’s Underwater Heritage: A Feasibility Study for a Maritime Archaeological GIS.  In Contemporary Themes in Archaeological Computing: Computer Applications in Archaeology  1997 Conference Proceedings. University of Birmingham/Oxbow Monographs, Oxford.
  • Grossman-Bailey, I. 2001. “The People Who Lived by the Ocean:” Native American Resource  Use and Settlement in the Outer Coastal Plain of New Jersey. Temple University.
  • Ilves, K. 2009. Discovering Harbours? Reflection on the State and Development of Landing Site  Studies in the Baltic Sea Region. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 2: 149–163.
  • Joslin, T. 2010. Middle and Late Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations to Coastal Ecosystems  along the Southern San Simeon Reef, California. California, University of California, Santa  Barbara.
  • Keller, K.E. 2007. Maritime Archaeology GIS Tool for the NWHI Marine National Monument.  In 2007 Esri International User Conference (San Diego, CA ESRI, 2007).
  • Leidwanger, J. 2013. Modeling Distance with Time in Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring: A GIS  Application for the Interpretation of Maritime Connectivity. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3302–3308.
  • Mather, R. 1999. Technology and the Search for Shipwrecks. Journal of Maritime Law and  Commerce 2: 175–184.
  • Nadine, S. 1984. Supply Routes and the Consumption of Glass in First Millennium CE Butrint  (Albania). Journal of Archaeological Science 11: 2939–2948.
  • Nicolardi, M. 2010. Interpreting a Coherent Post-Medieval Shipwreck: A Qualitative Spatial  Approach Supported by GIS: 9.
  • Oxley, I. 1998. The Investigation of the Factors that Affect the Preservation of Underwater  Archaeological Sites. In Maritime Archaeology, Springer US: 523–529.
  • Pitts, M. 2007. Mapping an underwater world. Archaeology 60(1): 30–34.
  • Reeder, L.A., C.R. Torben and J.M. Erlandson. 2012. Our Disappearing Past: A GIS Analysis of  the Vulnerability of Coastal Archaeological Resources in California’s Santa Barbara Channel  region. Journal of Coastal Conservation 16(2): 187–197.
  • Rogers, A. 2011. Reimagining Roman Ports and Harbours: The Port of Roman London and  Waterfront Archaeology. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 2: 207–225.
  • Sharfman, J. 1994. The Application of a Geographical Information System on a Maritime  Archaeological Project: The Example of the Excavation of the VOC-Ship ‘Oosterland’ (1697).  Department of Archaeology.
  • Titanic, Exploring with GIS: A) (https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/titanic/),  B) (https://edcommunity.esri.com/resources/arclessons/lessons/e/exploring_the_titanic_with_gis) 
  • *Wright, Dawn J. 2005. Spatial Reasoning for Terra Incognita: Progress and Grand Challenges  of Marine GIS. In Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and  Management in the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University Press: 272–286. For additional sources, explore Esri’s GIS Bibliography: https://gis.library.esri.com/.

Overview of 3D Digitization Techniques (Compiled by Dr. Chris Dostal)

  • Aimers, J. J., D. J. Farthing and A. N. Shugar. 2011. Handheld XRF Analysis of Maya Ceramics:  A Pilot Study Presenting Issues Related to Quantification and Calibration. In Studies on  Archaeological Sciences: Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology. A. N. Shugar and J. Mass,  eds. Leuven, Leuven University Press: 423–448.
  • Allen, P., S. Feiner, A. Troccoli, et al. 2004. Seeing into the Past: Creating a 3D Modeling  Pipeline for Archaeological Visualization. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium  on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission (6-9 September, 2004, Thessaloniki,  Greece). J. Aloimonos, ed. Los Alamitos, CA, IEEE Computer Society.
  • Artioli, G. 2009. Spectroscopy between Physics and Chemistry. In Scientific Methods and  Cultural Heritage: An Introduction to the Application of Materials Science to Achaeometry and  Conservation Science. G. Artioli, ed. Oxford, Oxford University Press: 28–37.
  • Boehler, W. and A. Marbs. 2004. 3D Scanning and Photogrammetry for Heritage Recording: A  Comparison. In Geoinformatics 2004 (Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on  Geoinformatics − Geospatial Information Research: Bridging the Pacific and Atlantic  (University of Gävle, Sweden, 7–9 June 2004): 291–298.
  • Drap, P., J. Seinturier, B. Hijazi, et al. 2015. The ROV 3D Project: Deep-Sea Underwater Survey  Using Photogrammetry: Applications for Underwater Archaeology. ACM Journal on Computing  and Cultural Heritage 8(21): 21:1–24.
  • Ferguson, J. R. 2012. X-Ray Fluorescence of Obsidian: Approaches to Calibration and the  Analysis of Small Samples. In Studies on Archaeological Sciences: Handheld XRF for Art and  Archaeology. A. N. Shugar and J. Mass, eds. Leuven, Leuven University Press: 401–422.
  • McCarthy, J. 2014. Multi-Image Photogrammetry as a Practical Tool for Cultural Heritage  Survey and Community Engagement. Journal of Archaeological Science 43:175–185.
  • Moens, L., A. von Bohlen and P. Vandenabeele. 2000. X-Ray Fluorescence. In Modern  Analytical Methods in Art and Archaeology. E. Ciliberto and S. Guiseppe, eds. New York, John  Wiley & Sons: 55–79.
  • Rajapakse, R. P. C. J., Y. Tokuyama and R. Somadeva. 2011. Virtual Reconstruction and  Visualization of Pre and Proto Historic Landscapes in Sri Lanka. In The Proceedings of the 2011  International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering, IEEE.: 198–203.

Remote Sensing (Compiled by Ms. Aubrey Kozak)

  • Bingham, B., B. Foley, S. Hanumant, et al. 2010. Robotic Tools for Deep Water Archaeology:  Surveying an Ancient Shipwreck with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Journal of Field  Robotics 27(6): 702–717.
  • Di Iorio, A., D. Biliouris, R. Guzinski, et al. 2015. Innovation Technologies and Applications for  Coastal Archaeological Sites FP7 – ITACA. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry,  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (36th International Symposium on Remote  Sensing of Environment, 11–15 May 2015, Berlin, Germany) XL-7/W3: 1367–1373.
  • Evers, L. G., D. N. Green, N. W. Young, et al. 2013. Remote Hydroacoustic Sensing of Large  Icebergs in the Southern Indian Ocean: Implications for Iceberg Monitoring. Geophysical  Journal International 40: 4694–4699.
  • Ferentinos, G., G. Papatheodorou, M. Geraga, et al. 2015. The Disappearance of Helike Classical Greece—New Remote Sensing and Geological Evidence. Remote Sensing 7: 1263– 1278.
  • Kozak, G. 2013. Small AUV with Side-Scan Sonar/PDBS Bathymetric and Magnetometer  Payloads Prove Capable in Littoral Zone. Ocean News & Technology (July): 16-17.
  • Piecuch, C. G., K. J. Quinn and R. M. Ponte. 2013. Satellite-Derived Interannual Ocean Bottom  Pressure Variability and Its Relation to Sea Level. Geophysical Research Letters 40: 3106–3110.
  • Rodgers, D. H., P. M. Beauchamp, A. D. Chave, et al. n.d. NEPTUNE Regional Observatory  System Design: 1–10.
  • Roman, C. and I. R. Mather. 2010. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles as Tools for Deep Submergence Archaeology. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M:  Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment 224(4): 327–340.
  • Wynn, R. B., V. A. I. Huvenne, T. P. Le Bas, et al. 2014. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles  (AUVs): Their Past, Present and Future Contributions to the Advancement of Marine  Geoscience. Marine Geology 352: 451–468.

Hands On with Side-Scan Sonar, Magnetometers and Hypack (Compiled by Mr. JB Pelletier: Workshop)

  1. Understanding Coordinate Systems and Projections for ArcGIS – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2z_WP7N7to)
  2. HYPACK 2020: Intro to Surveying and HYPACK – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9QRJzBuVQ&t=3723s)
  3. HYPACK 2020: Single Beam Survey – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwMdfzdfK9I)
  4. New HYPACK Hardware Setup and Side Scan Survey Signal Tips – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySk0iuBCXnA)
  5. HYPACK Side Scan Mosaicing – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STusiXjky8U)
  6. HYPACK: Marine Search: Post-Processed Mosaics – YouTube  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW-7GdAuG8)

WRPLOT VIEW software (free)

The Fun of Fundraising (Compiled by Dr. Robert Bob Walker)

  •  Walker, R. L., 2015. Footprints in Aggieland. College Station, Texas A&M University Press:  115–124 (On Fundraising).

The Ancient Mediterranean Digital Project: From Idée Fixe to Implementation (Dr. Tzveta Manolova)

  • Amico, N., P. Ronzino, V. Vassallo, et al. 2018. Theorizing Authenticity – Practising Reality:  The 3D Replica of the Kazaphani Boat. In Authenticity and Cultural Heritage in the Age of 3D  Digital Reproductions. Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Fabrizio Galeazzi and V. Vassallo,  eds. (Online), McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: 111–122.  https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/c3a0ef48-dd92-4057-8944-84031ac12553/full.
  • Apollonio, F. I., F. Fantini, S. Garagnani, et al. 2021. A Photogrammetry-Based Workflow for  the Accurate 3D Construction and Visualization of Museums Assets. Remote Sensing 13(3: 486). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030486.
  • Lercari, N. and G. Busacca. 2020. A Glimpse through Time and Space: Visualizing Spatial  Continuity and History Making at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean  Archaeology and Heritage Studies 8(2): 99–122.

Sailing the Maritime Library (Mayo-Thomas Room (Ms. Sierra Laddusaw)

  • Blouin, F. X., Jr. 2010. Thoughts on Special Collections and Our Research Communities. RBM:  A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Cultural Heritage 11(1): 23–31.
  • Iorga, A. 2019. Archives as Ruins: Means of Understanding the Future in an Era of Wrecks.  Martor 11(1): 43–54.
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