Page 5 - TVH 2000 Anniversary Shipwreck Project

Contents Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................- 2 - Credits ..........................................................................................................................................- 2 - Copyright......................................................................................................................................- 2 - Notes ........................................................................................................................................- 2 - Contents .......................................................................................................................................- 3 - Introduction...................................................................................................................................- 5 - Project History ..............................................................................................................................- 6 - Introduction...............................................................................................................................- 6 - History and Analysis .................................................................................................................- 7 - Contemporary and Modern Salvage Attempts .........................................................................- 8 - The VOC Anniversary Shipwreck Project ....................................................................................- 9 - Archaeological Objectives ........................................................................................................- 9 - Survey ....................................................................................................................................... - 10 - Site Location.......................................................................................................................... - 10 - Site Survey ............................................................................................................................ - 11 - Horizontal Control .............................................................................................................. - 11 - Acoustic Beacon Installation.............................................................................................. - 11 - Local Control...................................................................................................................... - 12 - Vertical Control .................................................................................................................. - 13 - Artefact Positioning ............................................................................................................ - 14 - Excavation ......................................................................................................................... - 16 - Equipment.............................................................................................................................. - 16 - Strategy ................................................................................................................................. - 16 - Philosophy ............................................................................................................................. - 16 - Methodology .......................................................................................................................... - 17 - Trench 1, Stern .................................................................................................................. - 17 - Trenches 2 and 3, Midships............................................................................................... - 17 - Stratigraphic Recording............................................................................................................. - 19 - Artefact Acquisition and Registration ........................................................................................ - 21 - Recovery of Artefacts ............................................................................................................ - 21 - Sieve Recovered Artefacts.................................................................................................... - 22 - Finds Handling System.......................................................................................................... - 23 - Data Acquisition ........................................................................................................................ - 26 - Introduction............................................................................................................................ - 26 - Images................................................................................................................................... - 26 - Efficiency ............................................................................................................................... - 28 - Real Time Reporting.............................................................................................................. - 28 - Security.................................................................................................................................. - 28 - Finds from Previous seasons ................................................................................................ - 28 - Text Documents .................................................................................................................... - 29 - Hardware ............................................................................................................................... - 29 - The Site Plan ......................................................................................................................... - 29 - Structural Interpretation ......................................................................................................... - 30 - Results ...................................................................................................................................... - 31 - Trench 1 Excavation Outboard of the Transom .................................................................... - 31 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................ - 31 - Structure ............................................................................................................................ - 31 - Stratigraphy........................................................................................................................ - 32 - Finds .................................................................................................................................. - 34 - Trenches 2 and 3................................................................................................................... - 37 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................ - 37 - Structure Trench 2 ............................................................................................................. - 38 - Stratigraphy Trench 2 ........................................................................................................ - 39 - Structural Indicators Trench 3............................................................................................ - 40 - Stratigraphy Trench 3 ........................................................................................................ - 41 - Recording........................................................................................................................... - 42 - Finds Trenches 2 and 3 ..................................................................................................... - 42 - Trench 2, Inboard............................................................................................................... - 42 - -3-