The Florida Keys, Channel Islands, and proposed Thunder Bay sanctuaries are known to have a proliferation of historic shipwrecks that hold valuable historic information and are popular destinations for many recreational divers. The designation of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has focused NOAA's attention on the controversial issue of treasure hunting. Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project Home page of the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project. History An innovative MA in Maritime Archaeology and History has been established at the Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Bristol. The programme involves a taught course and a dissertation, and combines academic and professional studies.
Special emphasis is placed on experience in studying and sailing historic vessels.
Practical work includes shipwrightry, drawing sites and artefacts, photography, conservation, dendrochronology, and resaerch in archives and specialist libraries. Society, Landscape and Critique An essay from the session 'Theoretical Advances in Maritime Archaeology' at TAG '93 in Durham. In August 1628 the royal warship Vasa heeled over and sank on her maiden voyage, before leaving Stockholm harbour. The Vasa was the most expensive and perhaps most richly decorated naval vessel that Sweden had ever built.