Refining Areas of Maritime Archaeological Potential (AMAPs) for Shipwrecks
Bournemouth University, 2009. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000171. How to cite using this DOI
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Primary contact
David
Parham
Project Manager
School of Conservation Science
Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Poole
BH12 5BB
UK
Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 960
- ALSF Project Number: 5083
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000171
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The project was commissioned by English Heritage in April 2007 and was funded through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). The aim of the project was to produce an interpretative GIS layer to provide the foundations for developing an effective planning tool for assessing the potential for unrecorded shipwreck remains on the seabed.
A methodology for characterising Areas of Maritime Archaeological Potential for Shipwrecks (AMAPS) was developed using statistical and spatial analysis of shipwreck data to identify and interpret the relationships between known wrecks and the archaeological and environmental parameters which affect their preservation, in order to assess the potential for archaeological remains of shipwrecks to exist and survive within seabed sediments.
The project compared trends in shipwreck data with marine environmental parameters, types and frequency of hydrographic surveys, and the nature and scale of coastal marine activity, such as ports, harbours and anchorages. The identification of relationships between these datasets will improve the interpretation of wreck scatters and encourage a more comprehensive approach to predicting archaeological potential for unrecorded shipwrecks.
The project was being run as a pilot project focussing on the development of a methodology using the Eastern English Channel as a study area. The project's concept has stemmed from the results of the ALSF-funded Navigational Hazards project which was completed by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Archaeology in February 2007 and used GIS to identify areas where a high risk to navigation coincides with a high potential for preservation.
