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NewsNews about projects, training courses and the latest Site releases August 2010 Site Recorder 4 was bought by the Polish Maritime Museum in Gdansk Site Searcher is to be used by CISMAS on the Lyonesse Project in the Isles of Scilly, this project is co-ordinated by Historic Environment Projects, Cornwall Council July 2010 The Norwegian Maritime Museum purchased a number of Site Recorder 4 licenses June 2010 A beta version of Site Searcher was used by the University of Plymouth for geophysical surveys as part of the BSc Ocean Exploration and MSc Hydrography courses Site Recorder is being used for data management, publication and archiving for the SHIPS Project in Plymouth, UK May 2010 Site Recorder was used for planning the Search for HMS Whiting in Padstow and a beta version of Site Searcher was used for collecting and processing the geophysics data. April 2010 Site Recorder 4 was bought by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture to use to form a regional database of shipwrecks and for local site recording. March 2010 The marine magnetometer theory study that 3H collaborated on 'Developing Magnetometer Techniques to Identify Submerged Archaeological Sites' is now available for free download here February 2010 A Site Recorder course was held on Robben Island off Cape Town
in South Africa organised by the Centre
for International Heritage Activities Site Recorder 4 was bought by the South African Maritime Museum and the South African Heritage Resources Agency January 2010 Site Recorder V4.25.1 Released, includes the new Demonstration (Demo) mode to allow the program to be used for training even without a software key attached to the computer or network server. A paper about SR4 on 'Towards a Standard Recording Schema for Maritime Archaeology' will be presented by Peter Holt at SHA 2010 Conference in Florida, this paper is about the development of the generic database schema used by Site Recorder Site Recorder is being used during the planning phase of the 'Search for HMS Whiting' off Padstow. December 2009 Site Recorder 4 was bought by the Underwater Science Group, who specialise in the safe training of divers for recreational, technical, scientific and archaeological SCUBA diving. November 2009 Site Recorder was used on a regional training programme on underwater cultural heritage taking place in Chanthaburi, Thailand. The training activity is organized by the UNESCO Bangkok Office in collaboration with ICOMOS-ICUCH, NAS and the Underwater Archaeology Division of Thailand to which the Centre is attached. June 2009 Site Recorder 4 was bought by the Swedish National Maritime Museums for use in underwater archaeology projects The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) Training Victoria bought Site Recorder for fieldwork projects and training The Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve, USA, has bought Site Recorder 4 to use as a GIS for the entire preserve and the numerous archaeological sites to be found there. Site Recorder 4 was used for planning, mapping and recording by ProMare on the Formiche wreck off Capraia, Italy May 2009 Site Recorder was bought by Arka Consultores in Chile. Site Recorder is being used on a project to locate the remains of the East Indiaman Dutton in association with the University of Plymouth April 2009 A copy of Site Recorder 4 was purchased by Heritage Victoria in Australia Site Recorder V4.23.14 Released February 2009 ProMare purchased Site Recorder 4 for their operations in Italy. ProMare is a non-profit organization established in 2001 to promote marine research and exploration throughout the world. Guam Heritage Protection Office upgrades to Site Recorder 4 Posted the paper 'The Use of GIS in Maritime Archaeology - the Cattewater Wreck Case Study on the Downloads page December 2008 The Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) ran its first course in Egypt at the Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage including Site Recorder in the training program November 2008 A Part II course in 'Data Management in Maritime Archaeology' was run in on 1st and 2nd November in Portsmouth (UK) for NAS Training by 3H and used Site Recorder 4 for the practical work. Posted the Site Recorder Exercise Book on the Downloads page September 2008 Site Recorder V4.23.12 Released A one-day course in 'Data Management in Maritime Archaeology using Site Recorder 4' was run after the AIMA conference 'Archaeology from Below' on 28th September at Flinders University in Adelaide. John Broadwater at the NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary purchased Site Recorder 4 for use in the publication of the USS Monitor report and the creation of a wide area GIS covering the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic'. Posted the training course 'Management of Digital Data in Maritime Archaeology' on the Training page Posted the paper 'High Resolution Magnetometer Survey of the Cattewater Wreck' on the Downloads page July 2008 A paper about SR4 on 'Development of a Digital Data Management System for Maritime Archaeology' was presented by Peter Holt at IKUWA3, the 3rd International Congress on Underwater Archaeology. A training seminar on the use of Site Recorder 4 was also run during the IKUWA3 conference. A paper on 'A Digital Information Management System for Excavation Recording' was presented by Peter Holt at the Sixth World Archaeological Congress (WAC) SR4 was used for recording during the fieldwork for the Firebrand Project in the Isles of Scilly, the continuing pre-disturbance survey of the fireship Firebrand (1707). Site Recorder 4 was used for planning and post-processing during fieldwork to search for shipwreck remains in Plymouth Sound. May 2008 SR4 was be used as the information management system for the project to record the stern of HMS Colossus (1798) in the Isles of Scilly, work undertaken by CISMAS for English Heritage April 2008 The Maryland Historical Trust purchased a copy of Site Recorder 4 for state projects and when working with several volunteer groups such as the Maritime Archaeology and Historical Society (MAHS) and the Institute for Maritime History (IMH). March 2008 Site Recorder 4 was bought by Archeonauta s.l. for use in maritime projects in Spain. The newly created Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Alexandria in Egypt purchased Site Recorder 4, this project was developed in collaboration with the University of Southampton, NAS and a number of other organisations. A training course in SR4 has been included in the curriculum at the UNESCO / Asia-Pacific Regional field school for Maritime Archaeology held in Galle, Sri Lanka. February 2008 The Site Recorder 4 GIS was demonstrated at the International Shipwreck Conference to be held in Plymouth, UK on 9th February December 2007 The Western Australian Maritime Museum upgraded their copies of Site Recorder 3 to Site Recorder 4. November 2007 Shipped Site Recorder 4 to RPM Nautical Foundation, a non-profit organisation utilising state-of-the-art technology to advance research in the field of nautical archaeology A paper about SR4 on 'The Use of GIS in Maritime Archaeology - The Cattewater Wreck Case Study' was given at the NAS 2007 Annual Conference Released Site Recorder version 4.23. This version has tools to allow publication of complete primary data sets as compressed Site files. September 2007 Started the migration of site data from the US ironclad USS Monitor to Site Recorder 4. The data is being transferred from an existing ArcView GIS to Site Recorder on behalf of NOAA. Added a presentation in pdf format about Site Recorder 4 and its capabilities available from the downloads page August 2007 James
Cook University in Australia upgraded to Site Recorder 4. Site
Recorder has also been an integral part of the surveying techniques taught in
the JCU Maritime Archaeology Field Schools (see http://www.faess.jcu.edu.au/saas/archaeology/).
In 2006, Site Recorder was introduced to Historic Preservation Office (HPO)
staff from throughout Site Recorder was used on the 2007 fieldwork on the wreck of the fire ship Firebrand (1707) in the Isles of Scilly, a joint University of Bristol and CISMAS project sponsored by Sonardyne International Ltd and the University of Bristol Alumni Foundation. June 2007 The Breakwater Fort research site was added to the Case Studies May 2007 A copy of Site Recorder 4 has been sent to the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography for evaluation. A document describing the database schema used by Site Recorder 4 GIS has been posted here on the web site Site Recorder V4.20 was released, see the release notes for details on the improvements The Mardi Gras Shipwreck Project starts today, run by the US Minerals Management Service, Florida Public Archaeology Network and Texas A&M University. Site Recorder 4 is was selected as the main software system for recording, registering, and cataloguing artifacts from fieldwork through the conservation process. Site Recorder 4 and a beta version of Site Searcher were used on a high resolution magnetometer survey of the Cattewater wreck in Plymouth UK. A copy of Site Recorder 4 was shipped to Atlantis Expedition April 2007 Site Recorder 4 has been shipped to the Egyptian Department of Underwater Archaeology for projects on Egypt's coast, Alexandria and on the river Nile. An arrangement has been made with the Nautical Archaeology Society for NAS members to be able to take advantage of the academic discount offered with Site products. March 2007 Following a visit and presentations given to Texas A&M University,
the Institute
of Nautical Archaeology, the Nautical
Archaeology Program and the Center
for Maritime Archaeology & Conservation have chosen Site Recorder as
their Geographic Information System to be used for all current and future
project work. Following this decision a number of copies of Site Recorder
were shipped to each organisation. A
statement from Donny Hamilton on the CMAC web site describes why the software
was chosen: "Effective April 2007 CMAC adopted Site
Recorder 4, developed by 3H Consulting Ltd. as the program to be used to record
survey data, excavation and mapping notes, maps, excavation plans, photographs,
artifact conservation details, and relevant background or historical data.
Site Recorder 4 is becoming a standard among major institutions conducting
underwater archaeology and it has proved to be an ideal mechanism for
maintaining uniformity between different projects. By having a common
program capable of documenting all aspects and phases of an archaeological
project, sharing of data is facilitated between projects and institutions. The Loan copies of Site Recorder have been sent to the US Minerals Management Service, the Florida Public Archaeology Network and L. A. Landry & Associates, Inc. for evaluation. Site Recorder 4 has been chosen by the Mardi Gras Project for the deep shipwreck excavation in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. Site Recorder will be used as a real-time mapping, data management and recording tool. East Carolina University Maritime Studies Program ordered further copies and upgrades to Site Recorder 4 A training course in the use of Site Recorder 4 was given to the Institute of History & Philology at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan February 2007 Site Recorder 4 is being used during the 2007 Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Field School - read the journal Shipped a copy of Site Recorder to the Institute of History & Philology at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan in advance of a government training program to be held in March A Site Recorder 4 GIS and Survey course was held on 26/27th February 2007 for the University of Bristol Department of Archaeology and Anthropology A one day NAS Tutor Development Course on 3D Survey using Site Recorder 4 was held on 4th February 2007 in Plymouth, UK for the Nautical Archaeology Society The new Site Recorder 4 GIS was demonstrated at the International Shipwreck Conference to be held in Plymouth, UK on 3rd February January 2007 A paper about Site Recorder entitled 'Development of an Object-Oriented GIS for Maritime Archaeology - Motivation, Implementation and Results' was presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology UK chapter 2007 meeting December 2006 Two copies of Site Recorder 4 were ordered by Rijksdienst voor Archeologie Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten (RACM) for cultural heritage work in Holland. Two upgrades for Site Recorder 4 were purchased by RS Operations, LLC, specialists in organizing and conducting searches for lost shipwrecks. The Nautical Archaeology Society makes Site Recorder 4 SE available for free via its web site. More A Site Recorder 4 training course was run in London, UK November 2006 The new Site Recorder 4 GIS was released at the Nautical Archaeology Society conference on 11th November in Portsmouth, UK, which resulted in a number of sales of the new program Site Recorder 4 has now been shipped to existing users including the Nautical Archaeology Society, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Mary Rose Trust, and the Center for Historical Archaeology October 2006 Site Recorder was used on East Carolina University Program in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology graduate Fall field school, an investigation of vernacular watercraft near Washington, North Carolina. September 2006 CISMAS started their Mount's Bay Survey with a weeks geophysical survey using the society's new C-MAX sidescan sonar and a hired Geometrics 881 magnetometer. Over 80 km of sidescan lines were collected and more than 100 targets have been identified from the sidescan data alone. CISMAS are using a prototype copy of Site Searcher for collecting and processing the data along with Site Recorder 4 for mapping. August 2006 A preliminary copy of Site Recorder 4 is being used by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology during the 2005 excavation of the Roman wreck at Kizilburun in Turkey. July 2006 A copy of Site Recorder 3 was purchased by the Guam State Historic Preservation Office. July 2006 A Site Recorder 4 finds handling course was held in Plymouth, UK for the Nautical Archaeology Society July 2006 An preliminary copy Site Recorder 4 is being used by the University of Bristol Department of Archaeology and Anthropology during fieldwork on the wreck of the Firebrand (1707) in the Isles of Scilly, UK. The Field school diary can be found here. June 2006 A copy of Site Recorder 3 was ordered by the Center for Historical Archaeology, a scientific non-profit organisation that provides archival research in French, English, and Spanish archives, underwater wreck sites assessment and dating, and cultural material analysis. May 2006 Site Recorder 4 is being used to process survey and finds data from the 2005 excavation of the Dutch East Indiaman Rooswijk, UK. April 2006 A Site Recorder 3D Surveying training course for the Nautical Archaeology Society was held in Portsmouth, UK. January 2006 Site Recorder 4 is being used to reprocess survey and finds data from more than 20 years work on the warship Hazardous, UK. October 2005 Another copy of Site Recorder 3 was purchased by the Mary Rose Trust. November 2005 Site Recorder being used for an artefact mobility study by the University of Southampton, mentioned in the 'Nautical Archaeology' newsletter 2005.4 from the Nautical Archaeology Society. October 2005 Copies of Site Recorder were shipped to the Finnish National Board of Antiquities and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Two copies of Site Recorder were purchased by RS Operations, LLC, specialists in organizing and conducting searches for lost shipwrecks. Site Recorder mentioned in the 'Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the 17th Century Anglo-Dutch East-Indiaman Avondster in Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka', IJNA (2005) 34.2. September 2005 Site Recorder was used during the 2005 Mary Rose excavation for survey, mapping and finds handling. July 2005 ADMAT will be using Site Recorder in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, off Key Largo in Florida, from the 15th July until the 16th August. NEWS A copy of Site Recorder has been ordered by HiRes GeoServices The VOC Anniversary Shipwreck Project team are again using Site Recorder for this season's work on Dutch East India Company shipwrecks June 2005 Site Recorder was used for the investigation of HMS Nymph in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The project was sponsored by Sonardyne International Ltd. and 3H Consulting Ltd. NEWS May 2005 Currently taking time out from Site program development to write the survey section of the new Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) handbook. A Site Recorder upgrade was ordered by the Mauritius Museums Council for use on the Coureur wreck A Site Recorder upgrade was purchased by the South West Maritime Archaeology Group (SWMAG) for use on the Salcombe cannon site and the Bronze Age site in Moor Sand. Site Recorder was shipped to NOAA for evaluation in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary A copy of Site Recorder was sent to Pritchard Diving Services for evaluation prior to running training courses including the use of the program. Site Recorder training course for the Nautical Archaeology Society held in Portsmouth, England on 7-8 May 2005. April 2005 Prototype Site Searcher program used for the first time by CISMAS for the 'Colossus' debris field survey, Isles of Scilly. The program takes in GPS, magnetometer and echo sounder data then processes it into charts that can be used by Site Recorder. Site Recorder upgrade purchased by the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Site Recorder upgrade purchased by the South African Maritime Museum March 2005 Site Recorder purchased by East Carolina University for their Maritime Studies Program, USA. February 2005 The latest Site Recorder update sent to the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), Turkey. Site Recorder sent to the University of Bristol Centre for Maritime Archaeology, UK. Site Recorder purchased by James Cook University in Australia. Site Recorder shipped to the Avondster Project, Sri Lanka January 2005 The first Site Recorder training course is run at the University of Southampton, England Site Recorder is purchased for recording the protected wreck Stirling Castle off the Goodwin Sands, England. December 2004 Site Recorder was shipped to ADMAT for use on their forthcoming project in the Philippines. November 2004 Site Recorder 3 GIS released Site Recorder demonstrated at the Nautical Archaeology Society Conference in Portsmouth, UK The first copy is delivered to the Riverside Sub-Aqua Club October 2004 A copy of Site Surveyor 2 was purchased by the Government of Mauritius for use on the Sirius wreck Site Recorder to be used for recording the Bartholomew Ledge protected wreck site in the Isles of Scilly, UK Site Surveyor is purchased by the Heritage Office, NSW, Australia. July 2004 A beta version of Site Recorder was used during the 2004 Mary Rose excavation for survey, mapping and finds handling May 2004 A beta version of Site Recorder was shipped to the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) Turkey, for evaluation January 2004 The first versions of the new Site Recorder finds handling and recording program were shipped to the test team for evaluation
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