Directory of Structures and Dwellings Resources

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The scientific study of the material remains of submerged human habitations and other man-made structures, both those originally on land but now under water and those created at the water's edge and partly submerged, such as ports.

Resources in This Category

• Port Royal Project

  http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/
  Report on the results of the underwater archaeology of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during the late 17th-century.

• Roman Salt Ports

  http://www.salt.org.il/frame_arch.html
  David Bloch discusses the importance of salt sources and routes to the Romans, suggesting that Ostia's salt-beds were crucial to its siting. Also mentions the Romano-British Fenland and sea-level changes.

• Scottish Crannog Centre

  http://www.crannog.co.uk/
  A reconstruction of a lochside dwelling over 2,500 years old was built by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology at Loch Tay, Perthshire. Photographs and visitor information. 3D virtual crannog requires VRML2 (free download available.)

• Underwater Archaeology of the Black Sea

  http://nautarch.tamu.edu/PROJECTS/crimea/final.htm
  Crimean coastal survey in 1997 by the Underwater Archaeology Research and Training Center of Kiev University. Illustrated maritime history of the Black Sea; project design.

 

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