Archaeology: Archaeology Under Water
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Do archaeologists only work in the dirt? No, let’s join archaeologists as they go under the sea.
Not every archaeologist works in the dirt. Some search for finds under the water. Watch scuba divers and submersibles as scientists look for the remains of World War II battlefields.
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Archaeology: Archaeology Under Water
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Not every archaeologist works in the dirt. Some search for finds under the water. Watch scuba divers and submersibles as scientists look for the remains of World War II battlefields.
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Some search for finds under the sea!
Archaeologists first did underwater excavations to find artifacts in shallow waters.
Scuba divers might search for a shipwreck or find artifacts tossed in the sea thousands of years ago.
Underwater archaeologists use many of the same techniques used by their above-ground colleagues.
They find a site and they mark the area to create a grid.
Sometimes, objects are easy to find.
Sometimes it takes special technology to find things.
These scientists are investigating an underwater World War II battlefield.
They use sonar to help identify wreckage.
And then they take a manned submersible to search 800 feet below the surface.
Once they get closer to objects not seen for decades, they take pictures and other data.
So, they can make a computer model of the submarine and the ships they found.
The hope is to learn how to preserve the site and how to teach others the history of this battle.
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Archaeology: High Tech Archaeology
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