IKUWA3: Professional Development Field School

The IKUWA3 field school will focus on the current debate in UK archaeology on what, how and why archaeologists record the remains of boats and ships. In 2007 a session held at the Institute of Archaeologists Annual Conference stimulated much debate on the need for a national strategy for recording the remains of boats and ships. Following on from the conference in October 2007 the IFA formally endorsed a guidance document entitled “Standards and Guidance for Nautical Archaeological Recording and Reconstruction”. The IKUWA3 fieldschool with continue to explore this theme and through practical sessions will demonstrate the range of new recording methodologies available to maritime archaeologists.

Although reference will be made to a variety of boat and ship remains including the Newport Ship and the SS Great Britain, the fieldschool will focus on the remains of the Princes Channel Wreck or Gresham Ship, a Tudor ship dating to around 1574 that was discovered in the River Thames in 2003.

The practical sessions will explore the use of state of the art survey methodologies being utilised for archaeological timber recording – 3-dimensional digitising, laser scanning and photogrammetry. These sessions will be undertaken on a composite hull section of a vernacular boat from the River Itchen, Southampton as well as on hull timbers from the Gresham Ship.

The IKUWA3 fieldschool will be non-diving, but there will be an opportunity for delegates to dive in Horsea Island Lake to see composite sections of the hull of the Gresham Ship.

The fieldschool is aimed at students of archaeology, field technicians and general practitioners of maritime archaeology who have already received a basic level of training and have some practical experience on archaeological projects.

Organisers: Nautical Archaeology Society

Tutors:

Gustav Milne, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Julie Satchel, IFA Maritime Affairs Group and Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Wessex Archaeology
Jens Auer, University of Southern Denmark
Nigel Nayling, University of Wales, Lampeter
Damian Goodburn, Museum of London Archaeology Service
Tony Davies, The Downland Partnership Ltd

Cost: All 3 days: £175.00 per delegate (Costs do not include accommodation). Minibus will be available for transportation to and from venue.

For those following the NAS Training Programme - Part 3 points will be awarded as follows: 6 points (Survey module) 6 points (Recording module) and 3 points (Managing Archaeology module), 3 points (Research and IT module).

More information is available for download below:

Overview of the fieldschool (PDF, 338 kB)

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