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Conference and Lectures 2009
ADMAT Maritime Archaeological Centre Monte Cristi for Alliance Francais
Date 2 January 2009.
First Meeting of States Parties To The UNESCO 2001 Convention On The Protection Of The Underwater Cultural Heritage, UNESCO HQ. Paris. 26-27 March 2009.
Who Owns
Underwater Cultural Heritage?
Perspectives on archaeological law and ethics in
the Mediterranean, Brock University.
October 22-25, 2009.
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Above: El Morro, the famous mountain in Monte Cristi |
Welcome
To The News From the Deep
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this newsletter section and in particular the new format pdf newsletters. In all there are about 188 pages on this web site including many of the one page newsletters as well as the three latest pdf newsletters. I see this newsletter as a vehicle for information, news and articles from everyone in the team.
We are delighted to announce that ADMAT-FRANCE is continuing to provide good archival research with new French wrecks being discovered in the French archives by Dr. Gendron and Florence Prudhomme. They are very close to discovering the identity of Further research into The Tile Wreck. All the French research is then collated at ADMAT-FRANCE's office which is in the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine in Paris.
In addition the Team continues to analyses French artefacts as they have access to the specialised Museum laboratories which enable us to conduct scientific research on the artefacts and hull structures. The information is then analysed by the ADMAT scientific committee.
Our Dominican Republic Maritime Archaeological Field School, is continuing in 2010 on The Tile Wreck which may have sunk in Monte Cristi in the 1720's. This will be a unique field school project and information is on this web site www.admat.org.uk/tw1.htm . We are currently taking bookings for July for this wreck site and from March to October for ADMAT's Artefact Handling Course, so if you are interested in further information, please contact me on maritime_archaeology@yahoo.co.uk
So to all the members, Museums, Universities, Archaeologists, Divers, Volunteers and Companies, I welcome you all to take part in any way you can. Whether this be to provide equipment, finance, manpower and support or to actually take part in the archaeological work; all assistance is greatly appreciated. I know that together we can save these important archaeological wreck sites placing the information and rescued artefacts in museums for generations to enjoy. In doing so we are preserving and protecting the underwater cultural heritage of the Caribbean and the world.
I look forward to taking part in these exciting project with
you!
Simon Q. Spooner
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ADMAT's Field School on The Tile Wreck at Monte Cristi on the North Coast of The Dominican Republic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Spooner's and Christine Nielsens team have concluded a very sucessful field school in July 2009 - August where another section of the wreck was documented. During the field school in January, two of the starboard dead eyes were found concreted together with tericotta floor tiles, conch shells and French faiencewareThis continues ADMAT's work surveing a number of historic shipwrecks for their Government.
The team returns in 2010 with Artefact handling courses are being run from May to November 2009; and the Tile Wreck survey continues in June and July 2010. Any person who wishes to be part of these historic surveys, must contact Dr. Spooner ASAP as places are extremly limited. He can be contacted on maritime_archaeology@yahoo.co.uk
Above Top: The Team get ready for the dives on The Tile Wreck (© ADMAT - Nielsen) Above: New sections of the cargo of granite bocks are uncovered and measured in as part of ADMAT's Underwater Survey Diver Course (© ADMAT - Nielsen).
Above: John Downing explaining how the students document the dead eyes concretion to the Conference (© ADMAT - Rami).
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