Underwater archaeology

Sunld Exploring Underwater Archaeology. Minnesota Rune-ston Press, 1994. 

Seawater is basically uniform around the world. The major variations that do occur are in regions located close to land and are often influenced by terrestrial water runoff. Most of the underwater archaeological sites are located in these regions. This situation may change with the advent of deepdiving technology. 

Logan, J. Young, G. In Underwater Proceedings from the Society for Underwater Archaeology Conference Society for Historical Archaeology Pleasant Hill, CA, 1987. 

I Some archaeologists spend their days working in scuba-diving suits. The field of underwater archaeology focuses on physical remains of human culture found in the sea or other bodies of water, such as those created by shipwrecks or airplane crashes. 

Nautical archaeology is the branch of archaeology concerned with the excavation, identification, and study of the remains of sunken ships. The techniques used in nautical archaeology can be applied to the study of submerged ports, lost cities, sacrificial wells, and other underwater sites. 

The ocean conceals a vast number of unexplored, and potentially valuable, archaeological sites. But the technology needed to explore these sites was not perfected until the mid-twentieth century. With the development of scuba gear, underwater transport, and other underwater devices, archaeologists have improved their ability to survey and retrieve objects underwater. 

Sandy coasdines backed by jungle-shrouded lowlands, emerald hillsides draped in steamy rainforests, archaeological discoveries and underwater treasure troves The western Caribbean beckons to the adventuresome. 

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