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Underwater archaeology
Underwater archaeology
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      • Once upon a time
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      • From seabed to museum display
      • From heroic discoveries to high-tech exploration
      • Two raised hulls (From Port-Vendres 1 to Arles-Rhône 3)
      • Prevention is better than cure: preventive conservation
      • Shipwrecks in the laboratory
      • Displaying submerged heritage
      • French excavations abroad
      • The Mauritius, 1609 (Gabon)
      • Alexandria (Egypt)
      • Brunei (Brunei)
      • Deep sea archaeology
      • The robot is the future
      • Beach Arles 4
      • The wreck of the French battleship Danton (1909-1917)
      • Aleria 1
      • The Lune
      • Experimental archaeology
      • 3D modelling
      • The Protis Project and the Gyptis
      • Boat 1550 BC: the Bronze Age boat
    • Exploring the shoreline
      • Caves and prehistory
      • Water and limestone
      • Cosquer cave
      • Biéroc-La Mondrée
      • Foreshore sites
      • Foreshore: danger zone
      • Foreshore wrecks
      • Fish weirs
      • The Urville-Nacqueville coastal conurbation
      • Submerged settlements
      • Étang de Thau
      • The Chenal de Caronte (Martigues)
      • Ports and harbours
      • Research subject
      • Harbours of Narbonne
      • Port de Fos
      • Arles harbour dump
    • Underwater wrecks
      • Ancient wrecks
      • Lequin 1 A
      • Grand Ribaud F
      • Capo Sagro 3
      • Fourmigue C
      • Ouest-Giraglia 2
      • Sud Perduto 2
      • Ouest Embiez 1
      • Pointe de la Luque 2
      • Bloscon 1
      • L’épave de Ploumanac’h
      • Medieval wrecks
      • Saint-Gervais 2
      • Bataiguier
      • Aber Wrac’h 1
      • Carro 4
      • Early Modern wrecks
      • Shipwrecks of the La Hougue battle
      • The Lomellina
      • Mortella 3
      • The Sardinaux
      • The Sainte Dorothéa
      • The Prince de Conty
      • The Jeanne-Elisabeth
      • The Natière
      • Contemporary wrecks
      • The Golymin
      • The Vendémiaire
      • The Indian
      • The Ghiasone
      • The Bonaparte
      • The Alabama
      • The Colombian
      • The European
      • The Magenta
      • The Prophète
      • Wrecks from global conflicts
      • The U 95
      • The Protée
      • D-Day’s shipwreck
      • Heinkel 111
      • The Spitfire of Sallenelles
      • The P38 of Saint-Exupéry
      • The Daffodil
    • Medias & Resources
    • Map of underwater sites
    • Media library
    • Glossary of terms
    • Bibliography
    • Site map

Underwater archaeology

The seabed is scattered with wrecks and submerged archaeological sites, from the Cosquer cave to port structures. This website gives a fascinating insight into these underwater worlds, site prospecting and wreck excavation techniques, and the methods used to reconstruct, analyse and conserve them.

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  • Home
  • A great scientific adventure
    • Once upon a time
      • Weighted boots and the Mahdia wreck
      • The Pionniers
      • Excavating the Grand Congloué
      • DRASSM: unique and invaluable
      • A formative excavation: the Madrague de Giens
    • From seabed to museum display
      • From heroic discoveries to high-tech exploration
      • Two raised hulls (From Port-Vendres 1 to Arles-Rhône 3)
      • Prevention is better than cure: preventive conservation
      • Shipwrecks in the laboratory
      • Displaying submerged heritage
    • French excavations abroad
      • The Mauritius, 1609 (Gabon)
      • Alexandria (Egypt)
      • Brunei (Brunei)
    • Deep sea archaeology
      • The robot is the future
      • Beach Arles 4
      • The wreck of the French battleship Danton (1909-1917)
      • Aleria 1
      • The Lune
    • Experimental archaeology
      • 3D modelling
      • The Protis Project and the Gyptis
      • Boat 1550 BC: the Bronze Age boat
  • Exploring the shoreline
    • Caves and prehistory
      • Water and limestone
      • Cosquer cave
      • Biéroc-La Mondrée
    • Foreshore sites
      • Foreshore: danger zone
      • Foreshore wrecks
      • Fish weirs
      • The Urville-Nacqueville coastal conurbation
    • Submerged settlements
      • Étang de Thau
      • The Chenal de Caronte (Martigues)
    • Ports and harbours
      • Research subject
      • Harbours of Narbonne
      • Port de Fos
      • Arles harbour dump
  • Underwater wrecks
    • Ancient wrecks
      • Lequin 1 A
      • Grand Ribaud F
      • Capo Sagro 3
      • Fourmigue C
      • Ouest-Giraglia 2
      • Sud Perduto 2
      • Ouest Embiez 1
      • Pointe de la Luque 2
      • Bloscon 1
      • L’épave de Ploumanac’h
    • Medieval wrecks
      • Saint-Gervais 2
      • Bataiguier
      • Aber Wrac’h 1
      • Carro 4
    • Early Modern wrecks
      • Shipwrecks of the La Hougue battle
      • The Lomellina
      • Mortella 3
      • The Sardinaux
      • The Sainte Dorothéa
      • The Prince de Conty
      • The Jeanne-Elisabeth
      • The Natière
    • Contemporary wrecks
      • The Golymin
      • The Vendémiaire
      • The Indian
      • The Ghiasone
      • The Bonaparte
      • The Alabama
      • The Colombian
      • The European
      • The Magenta
      • The Prophète
    • Wrecks from global conflicts
      • The U 95
      • The Protée
      • D-Day’s shipwreck
      • Heinkel 111
      • The Spitfire of Sallenelles
      • The P38 of Saint-Exupéry
      • The Daffodil
  • Medias & Resources
    • Map of underwater sites
    • Media library
    • Glossary of terms
    • Bibliography
    • Site map

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About us

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A great scientific adventure

  • Once upon a time
  • From seabed to museum display
  • French excavations abroad
  • Deep sea archaeology
  • Experimental archaeology

Exploring the shoreline

  • Caves and prehistory
  • Foreshore sites
  • Underwater habitats
  • Ports and harbours

Underwater wrecks

  • Ancient wrecks
  • Medieval wrecks
  • Early Modern wrecks
  • Contemporary wrecks
  • Wrecks from global conflicts

Resources

  • Map of underwater sites
  • Media library
  • Glossary of terms
  • Bibliography
  • Site map

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