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and expert personnel or specialist equipment is of particular relevance for underwater archaeology. Expertise can often be provided by arrangements of association with other institutions.
Inter-institutional collaboration is an essential factor in the reduction of costs occurring during archaeological research. Supportive activities that are essential for archaeological projects can for instance be integrated in the activities and work plan of government departments, whose objectives are tightly connected with the water, the sea, and the seabed. The ministries of defence, maritime affairs, internal affairs and public establishments, and port authorities, help and facilitate the work of archaeologists. Coastguard and specialist patrolling vessels are deployed in any case. They can carry out simple, but extremely crucial and beneficial interventions in the course of their everyday work. This includes the reporting of the discovery of new sites or of activities going on at known sites. Institutions concerned with oceanography, geology or biology, are another category. They also have a presence at sea and they can engage in joint projects with underwater archaeologists to reduce the respective costs of exploration. The biggest share in terms of collaboration with the archaeological team can be borne by the local community, which will, over the long-term, benefit from projects, and which should take an active part in them, irrespective of whether their help is material, logistic or financial. Coastal communities tend to closely associate with the sea.
 © T. Maarleveld. Coastguard and specialist patrolling vessels are deployed in any case.They can carry out simple, but extremely crucial and beneficial interventions in the course of their everyday work.
This includes the reporting of
the discovery of new sites or of activities going on at known sites.
Funding