Maritime archaeology
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Maritime archaeology is the scientific study of human interaction with seas, lakes, and rivers through the investigation of submerged cultural heritage, including ancient shipwrecks, submerged settlements, and underwater artifacts. In robotics and AI, it serves as a compelling application domain where autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), and multi-robot systems are deployed to survey, map, and document sites that are otherwise inaccessible or hazardous for human divers. These robotic platforms use sonar, photogrammetry, and computer vision to produce high-resolution 3D reconstructions of wrecks and seafloor environments, while AI-driven planning algorithms enable systematic coverage of large or deep sites. Maritime archaeology matters because it bridges cutting-edge robotics research with the preservation of irreplaceable cultural and historical knowledge—pushing advances in underwater navigation, sensor fusion, and collaborative autonomy while helping archaeologists record sites threatened by environmental change, deep-water pressure, and human disturbance before they are lost forever.
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Robotic tools for deep water archaeology: Surveying an ancient shipwreck with an autonomous underwater vehicle
Brian Bingham, Brendan Foley, Hanumant Singh, Richard Camilli, Katerina Delaporta, Ryan M. Eustice, Angelos Mallios, David P. Mindell, Christopher Roman, Dimitris Sakellariou
Citations: 244 • 2010
Classical Antiquity: the maritime dimension
A. J. Parker
Citations: 94 • 1990
Deep sea archaeological survey in the Black Sea – Robotic documentation of 2,500 years of human seafaring
Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz, Jonathan Adams, Felix Pedrotti, Michael Grant, Joakim Holmlund, Chris Bailey
Citations: 49 • 2019
Design of a modular Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for archaeological investigations
Benedetto Allotta, Steven Baines, Fabio Bartolini, Fabio Bellavia, Carlo Colombo, R. Conti, Riccardo Costanzi, Can Dede, Marco Fanfani, Jonathan Gelli, Hilal Tolasa Gündogdu, Niccolò Monni, Davide Moroni, Marco Natalini, Maria Antonietta Pascali, Fabio Pazzaglia, Luca Pugi, Alessandro Ridolfi, Marco Reggiannini, Daniel Roig, Ovidio Salvetti, Enis I. Tekdemir
Citations: 35 • 2015
An ASV for coastal underwater archaeology: The Pladypos survey of Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Antonio Vasilijević, Bridget Buxton, Jacob Sharvit, Nikola Stilinović, Đula Nađ, Nikola Mišković, Dror Planer, J. R. Hale, Zoran Vukić
Citations: 21 • 2015
Innovative technologies in underwater archaeology: field experience, open problems, and research lines
Andrea Caiti, Giuseppe Casalino, G. Conte, Silvia Maria Zanoli
Citations: 13 • 2006
Facilitating multi-AUV collaboration for marine archaeology
Nikolaos Tsiogkas, Gordon Frost, Niccolò Monni, David M. Lane
Citations: 12 • 2015
A note on the meaning of ‘wreck’
Sarah Dromgoole
Citations: 2 • 1999