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GRADUATE SEMINAR 1999 STS.467
Examines the intellectual foundations of the new scientific discipline of deep sea archaeology. Explores the current convergence of oceanography, archaeology, and engineering which allows scientists to discover, survey, and excavate shipwrecks in deep water with robots and submarines. How best do we employ new devices for archaeological work? How do new capabilities (e.g. higher frequencies, higher resolution, all digital data output) change operations plans and research designs? What new technologies will be required? Covers oceanographic background, history and technology of underwater vehicles, undersea technology development, archaeological theory and technique, sociology of scientific knowledge. Case studies of deep-sea projects include the wrecks of the Titanic, and Monitor, Roman trading vessels in the Mediterranean, and current projects searching in the Black Sea.
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