Titol propi UV

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 underwater skills.
To provide students with the necessary toolkit to face underwater heritage intervention projects, knowing the existing regulatory instruments, as well as current underwater techniques.
To provide students with basic knowledge about the structure and construction of wooden boats of all ages, needed to carry out the study and documentation of shipwrecks.
To, correctly, identify, classify and contextualize the archaeological objects that usually appear associated with the submerged archaeological heritage.
To facilitate the students training skills in an underwater environment. The students, already trained for diving, will develop on an underwater site, recording and surveying tasks.

Acquiring knowledge and experience in nautical and underwater archeology opens the professional horizon of graduate students. Thereafter, they could carry out underwater archaeological research, both at sea and in inland waters, by their own or joining already established archaeological companies or research groups. Student will combine the specific knowledge acquired in the field, together with the ability to develop underwater activities. This type of professional activity, such as being an underwater archaeologist technician within projects, research lines or also within teams and companies that work in cultrual resource management, widens the range of professional opportunities for them. Graduates will be able to opt, under improved conditions, for scholarships and contracts in a competitive regime aimed at increasing the historical knowledge of the relationship of human groups with the sea, in the past. They may also be hired by the administration, public or private companies to carry out archaeological works such as: Inspections and assessment of sites after accidental finds. Underwater archaeological mapping. Salvage underwater archaeological excavations promoted by the administration. Surveillance of dredging and maritime works. Carrying out underwater archaeological surveys, related to Environmental Impact Studies. Carrying out underwater archaeological excavations related to the corrective or compensatory measures indicated in the Environmental Impact Statements.

Students seeking a future in maritime archaeology require a wide knowledge of techniques, tools and methods used in the field. History, Archaeology, Humamities, Art History graduates and public workers related with Cultural Heritage.