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Papers by Johan Opdebeeck
Rampspoed op het vrouwenzand, 2022
In 2019 a ship wreck in the IJssellake in the central part of the Netherlands was investigated. T... more In 2019 a ship wreck in the IJssellake in the central part of the Netherlands was investigated. The IJsslake was closed in the 1930 from the open sea through a dike. In this fomer sea many ship wrecks can be found. The site is located in the northeast part of the lake close to the harbour town of Stavoren. On the basis of the construction of the ship and the date of the finds recovered from the site (1751-1765) research in the archives has come up with several potential candidates when trying to identify the shipwreck. One ship in particullar is a promising candidate: the Jufrouw Diderica. This galjoot ship with a Danisch crwe sank in 1756 gezonken in the area between Stavoren and Enkhuizen on a trading mission from Amsterdam to Venice.
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2016
Two volumes of the journal Eurasian Prehistory have been devoted to publishing the proceedings of... more Two volumes of the journal Eurasian Prehistory have been devoted to publishing the proceedings of a Wenner-Gren Workshop held at Reggio Calabria, 19-21 October 2012, on the subject of 'Island Archaeology and the origins of Seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean'. The workshop was the brainchild of Albert Ammerman and it is he who has brought together this remarkable publication. The core of the work is made up of 17 specialist papers grouped into two parts, 'Placing island archaeology and early voyaging in context' and 'Case Studies', the latter being divided into sections covering Cyprus, the Aegean, and the Central and Western Mediterranean. This is rich material indeed-a series of specialist studies dealing with chronologies, individual sites, material culture, faunal studies and folk movements within the temporal bracket from the middle Palaeolithic to the early Neolithic. Together these papers present the raw material and the interpretive frameworks needed to address the central theme of the workshop. It is a daunting array of high-quality scholarship presented by those at the cutting edge of research, and to bind it all together it is bookended by two papers by Ammerman. His 'Introduction', which sets out in detail the broad intellectual context for the workshop, and a tail piece 'Setting our sights on the distant horizon', which offers a masterly summary of what has been learnt and lays out the questions still needing to be addressed. These two papers are a significant academic contribution in their own right-a state-of-the-art overview and a research design for the future. In short the publication is a model of its kind; closely focused, packed with new data, and deeply challenging. So, what is it all about? Quite simply, we know that about 50,000 years ago early modern humans made the sea crossing from the Indonesian islands to Australia. It was a remarkable feat of daring and an even more remarkable achievement. What then can be said of the origins of seafaring in the Mediterranean, where for so long there has been the implied assumption that seafaring was one of the arts that was developed much later by complex societies? That this was a false assumption was shown some years ago when, in excavating stratified deposits in Franchthi Cave, overlooking the bay of Argos on the Greek mainland, archaeologists found tools made of obsidian, a black volcanic glass brought from the island of Melos, 120 km away, in layers dating to 11,000 BC. Clearly towards the end of the Upper Palaeolithic period people were making overseas journeys. It was this discovery that prompted archaeologists to begin to rethink the origins of seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean inspiring the research presented in this work. The Mediterranean is a good place to address the question of early seafaring because of the controls offered by its array of islands. In his 'Introduction' Ammerman lays out the basis of the proper procedure to be adopted. The first step is to know when an island became an island given that significant changes in sea-level have been recorded in the Mediterranean. With sea-levels falling to c.120-130 m below its present levels some 20,000 years ago, many of what are now islands would have been joined to the mainland and therefore could have been reached on foot. The second step is to make sure that no one was on the island at the time when the first seafarers reached it. Islands like Lemnos and Gökçeada in the North Aegean were part of the mainland until the end of the Pleistocene and therefore the Palaeolithic material found on them cannot be used to imply seafaring at this time (papers by Efstatiou, and Ozbek and Burçin). Similarly, the possibility that Sicily may have been attached to the mainland in the Late Glacial Maximum could account for the earliest undisputed evidence for Homo Sapiens on the island around 15,500 BC (paper by Mannino). The third step is to explore the inferences of the earliest archaeological remains found on the island, both the cultural implications (where from and when?) and the faunal implications (what animals did they bring with them and how?). These are crucial issues to which we shall return. The fourth step is the simple check that there is no other way to explain the human presence other than by seafaring. This is the Sherlock Holmes test: 'When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' The nice scientific logic of all this is self-evident but in reality it may not be that simple. The old adage that all wise archaeologists chant to themselves incessantly-'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'-is crucial to take into account. The fact that no evidence of Mesolithic activity has been found on a particular island does not mean
Ships And Maritime Landscapes
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2017
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014
Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te Warder (Gemeente Edam-Volendam) J. Opdebeeck en T. Coenen (red., 2021
Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te War... more Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te Warder (Gemeente Edam-Volendam) J. Opdebeeck en T. Coenen (red.
Archeologie in Nederland, 2020
In 2019 the remains of a mid 16th century shipwreck were discovered in the North sea close to the... more In 2019 the remains of a mid 16th century shipwreck were discovered in the North sea close to the island of Ter Schelling. Large quantities of rond copper sheats and packages of copper plates were found marked with the trade mark of the German Fuger family. More that 13 ton of copper was retrieved from the sea bed as well as several artefacts such as stone, lead and cast iron canon balls, part of a iron canon, a handle of a perwer tankard and a wooden handle. The finds and dedrodates indicate that the ship must have sunk in the middle of the 16th century on its way form a German harbour, possibly Danzig, to Amsterdam or Antwerp. In this last city the Fuger family had a storehouse where copper was stored before it was shipped to Portugal, the British Isles and Africa.
Te Fuger family obtained because of their monopoly in the copper trade a high social postion. This enabled them to become the bakers of botth the pope as emperor Charles the 5th and Maximian of Austia. Their succes was short lived as subsequent generations lots the families fortune due to bad investments en lack of entrepeneurship.
Op zoek naar de Eeendracht. De essentiële lepel., 2020
In 2017 sports divers found among the remains of a ship wreck in the North Sea several metal, woo... more In 2017 sports divers found among the remains of a ship wreck in the North Sea several metal, wooden, leather and ceramic objects. Earlier several bronze canons were found in the direct vicinity of the site. The canons date from the early and middle part of the 17th century. The youngest canon dates from 1663 and is from the Rotterdam Admiralty. Among the finds was a pewter spoon inscribed with the name Willem Halkeet. Reseach in the maritime archives revealed that Willem Halkeet was originally called William Halkett. William was a son of sir John Halkett who left in the early 1600erd Scotland to fight in the army of the Republic of the Seven Netherlands against their Spanish rulers. He married a Dutch lady and the couple raised seven children. Sons Maurits, Philip and Willliam followed in Johns footsteps and also enlisted in the army of the Republic. In 1665 Maurits joined the Holland Maritime Regiment and served during the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) on the ship of admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Williams also seems to have participated in this war. The spoon with his name found on the wrecksite connects him with the famous the battle of Lowestoft in 1665. This battle was the biggest naval defeat of the the Republic during the Anglo-Dutch naval wars. The Republic lost during the battle of Lowestoft in total more than 20 ships amongst which the flagship of the fleat the Eendracht. Almost all people on board the Eendracht, among which was also fleat commander Jacob van Wassenaer , lost their life when the ship expoded and sank. We have not been able to tie Willem Halkeet to the crew of the Eedracht but it is very likely that he served on that ship and lost his life at the battle of Lowestoft. The spoon with his name is a vivid reminder of this battle and the tragedy of the lives lost at sea.
An example of the work-through proces of archaeological investigations in the Netherlands
United Kingdom by Johan Opdebeeck
The remains of a timber v-shaped fishweir and associated structures have been discovered near Ash... more The remains of a timber v-shaped fishweir and associated structures have been discovered near Ashlett Creek on the tidal mudflats of Southampton Water in Hampshire, southern Britain. Radiocarbon dating of oak roundwood stakes taken from the main weir structure date it to the middle Saxon period. Clusters of as-yet undated roundwood posts within the catchment area of the weir are interpreted as the frames for fish traps that are assumed to pre- or post-date the operational period of the weir itself. The weir is contemporary with wooden v-shaped fishweirs found elsewhere in southern and central Britain, and also Ireland, but its circular catchment ‘ pound’ remains unique, in these islands, to the Solent region: it has a close parallel with another Saxon-era weir on the nearby Isle of Wight. The weir also shows striking structural similarities with examples in use today in Basse Normandy, on the southern shore of the English Channel. The paper discusses the function and operation of the weir, and places it in its social and historical context. Finally, it considers the implications of the weir’ s dating for our understanding of saltmarsh morphodynamics in this south-western part of Southampton Water, and considers in turn the implications of these dynamics for the material survival of the site.
Thesis Chapters by Johan Opdebeeck
The relationship of shipwrecks and amphorae with trading routes and the Roman economy in the Medi... more The relationship of shipwrecks and amphorae with trading routes and the Roman economy in the Mediterranean. Thesis University of Southampton (2005)
Thesis for a MA in archaeology. The subject (Dutch) is a status questiones of the metallurgic res... more Thesis for a MA in archaeology. The subject (Dutch) is a status questiones of the metallurgic research on metal ingots and the interpratation of these results on the metal trade in the mediterranean.
Rampspoed op het vrouwenzand, 2022
In 2019 a ship wreck in the IJssellake in the central part of the Netherlands was investigated. T... more In 2019 a ship wreck in the IJssellake in the central part of the Netherlands was investigated. The IJsslake was closed in the 1930 from the open sea through a dike. In this fomer sea many ship wrecks can be found. The site is located in the northeast part of the lake close to the harbour town of Stavoren. On the basis of the construction of the ship and the date of the finds recovered from the site (1751-1765) research in the archives has come up with several potential candidates when trying to identify the shipwreck. One ship in particullar is a promising candidate: the Jufrouw Diderica. This galjoot ship with a Danisch crwe sank in 1756 gezonken in the area between Stavoren and Enkhuizen on a trading mission from Amsterdam to Venice.
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2016
Two volumes of the journal Eurasian Prehistory have been devoted to publishing the proceedings of... more Two volumes of the journal Eurasian Prehistory have been devoted to publishing the proceedings of a Wenner-Gren Workshop held at Reggio Calabria, 19-21 October 2012, on the subject of 'Island Archaeology and the origins of Seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean'. The workshop was the brainchild of Albert Ammerman and it is he who has brought together this remarkable publication. The core of the work is made up of 17 specialist papers grouped into two parts, 'Placing island archaeology and early voyaging in context' and 'Case Studies', the latter being divided into sections covering Cyprus, the Aegean, and the Central and Western Mediterranean. This is rich material indeed-a series of specialist studies dealing with chronologies, individual sites, material culture, faunal studies and folk movements within the temporal bracket from the middle Palaeolithic to the early Neolithic. Together these papers present the raw material and the interpretive frameworks needed to address the central theme of the workshop. It is a daunting array of high-quality scholarship presented by those at the cutting edge of research, and to bind it all together it is bookended by two papers by Ammerman. His 'Introduction', which sets out in detail the broad intellectual context for the workshop, and a tail piece 'Setting our sights on the distant horizon', which offers a masterly summary of what has been learnt and lays out the questions still needing to be addressed. These two papers are a significant academic contribution in their own right-a state-of-the-art overview and a research design for the future. In short the publication is a model of its kind; closely focused, packed with new data, and deeply challenging. So, what is it all about? Quite simply, we know that about 50,000 years ago early modern humans made the sea crossing from the Indonesian islands to Australia. It was a remarkable feat of daring and an even more remarkable achievement. What then can be said of the origins of seafaring in the Mediterranean, where for so long there has been the implied assumption that seafaring was one of the arts that was developed much later by complex societies? That this was a false assumption was shown some years ago when, in excavating stratified deposits in Franchthi Cave, overlooking the bay of Argos on the Greek mainland, archaeologists found tools made of obsidian, a black volcanic glass brought from the island of Melos, 120 km away, in layers dating to 11,000 BC. Clearly towards the end of the Upper Palaeolithic period people were making overseas journeys. It was this discovery that prompted archaeologists to begin to rethink the origins of seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean inspiring the research presented in this work. The Mediterranean is a good place to address the question of early seafaring because of the controls offered by its array of islands. In his 'Introduction' Ammerman lays out the basis of the proper procedure to be adopted. The first step is to know when an island became an island given that significant changes in sea-level have been recorded in the Mediterranean. With sea-levels falling to c.120-130 m below its present levels some 20,000 years ago, many of what are now islands would have been joined to the mainland and therefore could have been reached on foot. The second step is to make sure that no one was on the island at the time when the first seafarers reached it. Islands like Lemnos and Gökçeada in the North Aegean were part of the mainland until the end of the Pleistocene and therefore the Palaeolithic material found on them cannot be used to imply seafaring at this time (papers by Efstatiou, and Ozbek and Burçin). Similarly, the possibility that Sicily may have been attached to the mainland in the Late Glacial Maximum could account for the earliest undisputed evidence for Homo Sapiens on the island around 15,500 BC (paper by Mannino). The third step is to explore the inferences of the earliest archaeological remains found on the island, both the cultural implications (where from and when?) and the faunal implications (what animals did they bring with them and how?). These are crucial issues to which we shall return. The fourth step is the simple check that there is no other way to explain the human presence other than by seafaring. This is the Sherlock Holmes test: 'When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' The nice scientific logic of all this is self-evident but in reality it may not be that simple. The old adage that all wise archaeologists chant to themselves incessantly-'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'-is crucial to take into account. The fact that no evidence of Mesolithic activity has been found on a particular island does not mean
Ships And Maritime Landscapes
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2017
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014
Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te Warder (Gemeente Edam-Volendam) J. Opdebeeck en T. Coenen (red., 2021
Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te War... more Kleine schepen in een wereld economie Onderzoek naar twee handelsschepen in het Markermeer te Warder (Gemeente Edam-Volendam) J. Opdebeeck en T. Coenen (red.
Archeologie in Nederland, 2020
In 2019 the remains of a mid 16th century shipwreck were discovered in the North sea close to the... more In 2019 the remains of a mid 16th century shipwreck were discovered in the North sea close to the island of Ter Schelling. Large quantities of rond copper sheats and packages of copper plates were found marked with the trade mark of the German Fuger family. More that 13 ton of copper was retrieved from the sea bed as well as several artefacts such as stone, lead and cast iron canon balls, part of a iron canon, a handle of a perwer tankard and a wooden handle. The finds and dedrodates indicate that the ship must have sunk in the middle of the 16th century on its way form a German harbour, possibly Danzig, to Amsterdam or Antwerp. In this last city the Fuger family had a storehouse where copper was stored before it was shipped to Portugal, the British Isles and Africa.
Te Fuger family obtained because of their monopoly in the copper trade a high social postion. This enabled them to become the bakers of botth the pope as emperor Charles the 5th and Maximian of Austia. Their succes was short lived as subsequent generations lots the families fortune due to bad investments en lack of entrepeneurship.
Op zoek naar de Eeendracht. De essentiële lepel., 2020
In 2017 sports divers found among the remains of a ship wreck in the North Sea several metal, woo... more In 2017 sports divers found among the remains of a ship wreck in the North Sea several metal, wooden, leather and ceramic objects. Earlier several bronze canons were found in the direct vicinity of the site. The canons date from the early and middle part of the 17th century. The youngest canon dates from 1663 and is from the Rotterdam Admiralty. Among the finds was a pewter spoon inscribed with the name Willem Halkeet. Reseach in the maritime archives revealed that Willem Halkeet was originally called William Halkett. William was a son of sir John Halkett who left in the early 1600erd Scotland to fight in the army of the Republic of the Seven Netherlands against their Spanish rulers. He married a Dutch lady and the couple raised seven children. Sons Maurits, Philip and Willliam followed in Johns footsteps and also enlisted in the army of the Republic. In 1665 Maurits joined the Holland Maritime Regiment and served during the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) on the ship of admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Williams also seems to have participated in this war. The spoon with his name found on the wrecksite connects him with the famous the battle of Lowestoft in 1665. This battle was the biggest naval defeat of the the Republic during the Anglo-Dutch naval wars. The Republic lost during the battle of Lowestoft in total more than 20 ships amongst which the flagship of the fleat the Eendracht. Almost all people on board the Eendracht, among which was also fleat commander Jacob van Wassenaer , lost their life when the ship expoded and sank. We have not been able to tie Willem Halkeet to the crew of the Eedracht but it is very likely that he served on that ship and lost his life at the battle of Lowestoft. The spoon with his name is a vivid reminder of this battle and the tragedy of the lives lost at sea.
An example of the work-through proces of archaeological investigations in the Netherlands
The remains of a timber v-shaped fishweir and associated structures have been discovered near Ash... more The remains of a timber v-shaped fishweir and associated structures have been discovered near Ashlett Creek on the tidal mudflats of Southampton Water in Hampshire, southern Britain. Radiocarbon dating of oak roundwood stakes taken from the main weir structure date it to the middle Saxon period. Clusters of as-yet undated roundwood posts within the catchment area of the weir are interpreted as the frames for fish traps that are assumed to pre- or post-date the operational period of the weir itself. The weir is contemporary with wooden v-shaped fishweirs found elsewhere in southern and central Britain, and also Ireland, but its circular catchment ‘ pound’ remains unique, in these islands, to the Solent region: it has a close parallel with another Saxon-era weir on the nearby Isle of Wight. The weir also shows striking structural similarities with examples in use today in Basse Normandy, on the southern shore of the English Channel. The paper discusses the function and operation of the weir, and places it in its social and historical context. Finally, it considers the implications of the weir’ s dating for our understanding of saltmarsh morphodynamics in this south-western part of Southampton Water, and considers in turn the implications of these dynamics for the material survival of the site.
The relationship of shipwrecks and amphorae with trading routes and the Roman economy in the Medi... more The relationship of shipwrecks and amphorae with trading routes and the Roman economy in the Mediterranean. Thesis University of Southampton (2005)
Thesis for a MA in archaeology. The subject (Dutch) is a status questiones of the metallurgic res... more Thesis for a MA in archaeology. The subject (Dutch) is a status questiones of the metallurgic research on metal ingots and the interpratation of these results on the metal trade in the mediterranean.
One of the most important tablewares in the eastern Mediterranean basin during the Late Hellenist... more One of the most important tablewares in the eastern Mediterranean basin during the Late Hellenistic times is Eastern Sigillata A (ESA). It is used to describe a ware found from the middle of the second century BC
until the beginning of the first century AD throughout the eastern Mediterranean, with very specific technical characteristics and probably originating in the Syro-Palestine region.
There are several reasons why we should study excavated groups of tableware: first is their usefulness as dating tools.Another reason is that
tablewares in their degree of exoticness and their quantity also serve as an indicator of the wealth and "foreign" contacts of the site's inhabitants. And last but not least, tableware shapes tend to change or evolve more quickly than more utilitarian forms of pottery, partly because they were intended for display and partly because the
functional constrains on them (size and utility) were relatively few compared to more quotidian forms.
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg, 2014
in December 2012, an international team of archaeologists and students carried out research on th... more in December 2012, an international team of archaeologists and students carried out research on the Dutch shipwreck, The Utrecht, in Baía de Todos os Santos (All Saints Bay), Brazil. This non-intrusive on-site documentation and cultural assessment was carried out as part of the Maritime Programme in cooperation with the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, the
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and the Ship Reconstruction Laboratory of the Nautical
Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University, United States of America (USA).
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 229 In deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg (RA... more Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 229 In deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg (RAM) wordt verslag gedaan van een inventariserend veldonderzoek (IVO) uitgevoerd in Gebied 6000 in Cuijk. Het gebied heeft een hoge archeologische waarde en is gedeeltelijk een archeologisch rijksmonument. In Gebied 6000 zijn de resten van een vermoedelijke aanlegsteiger of loskade uit de laat-Romeinse tijd bewaard gebleven. In Nederland zijn Romeinse kade-of havenwerken vrij uniek. In combinatie met het castellum en de Romeinse brug maken deze vondsten Cuijk tot een uniek Romeins complex. Bij het opnieuw inrichten van de loskade aan de Maas heeft de gemeente Cuijk de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed om advies gevraagd over hoe zij het beste kan omgaan met dit rijksmonument. Dit wetenschappelijk rapport is bestemd voor archeologen, andere professionals en liefhebbers die zich bezighouden met archeologie. Met kennis en advies geeft de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed de toekomst een verleden.
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg, 2017
This report is the archaeological assessment of a smal, clinker built ship of the mid 16th centur... more This report is the archaeological assessment of a smal, clinker built ship of the mid 16th century which was found in Vlieland. Netherlands
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg, 2018
Deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg (RAM) beschrijft het archeologisch onderzoek en fys... more Deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg (RAM) beschrijft het archeologisch onderzoek en fysieke bescherming van het scheepswrak Burgzand Noord 17, uitgevoerd door de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed tussen 2014 en 2017. Op de vindplaats ligt het wrak van een groot, Nederlands gebouwd zeilschip uit het midden van de zeventiende eeuw. De BZN 17 heeft nog veel details van de scheepsconstructie die gedetailleerde informatie geven over de bouwwijze. De vondst van een schip dat zo goed in verband bewaard is gebleven, komt bijna niet voor in Nederlandse wateren. Vanwege natuurlijke en andere bedreigingen is het meest kwetsbare deel in 2016 afgedekt met steigergaas. Monitoring wijst uit dat de vindplaats momenteel goed beschermd ligt.
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg, 2021
In deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg wordt verslag gedaan van het verkennend duikonde... more In deze Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg wordt verslag gedaan van het verkennend duikonderzoek dat de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed in 2017 heeft uitgevoerd op twee scheepswrakken in het gebied Burgzand Noord in de Waddenzee. Uit de resultaten van dit archeologisch onderzoek blijkt dat op de twee vindplaatsen resten liggen van houten schepen uit de zeventiende tot achttiende eeuw.
Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten (NAR) 70.Tot op het bot onderzocht. Essays ter ere van archeozoöloog Roel Lauwerier, 2020
Recent technical developments have resulted in improved 3D modelling that is being used in many a... more Recent technical developments have resulted in improved 3D modelling that is being used in many aspects of our daily life. We see their use
continuously in media-related applications, such as movies. The application of 3D models also extends to scientific research. Underwater
archaeology is no exception. Digital models have been increasingly used for specialist research in the past five years. The use of digital models for monitoring archaeological finds has been around much longer in the Netherlands. The practise of building wooden models has an even a longer history. This article provides a brief overview of the history of 3D models in all their forms and examines their application in Dutch maritime archaeology.
Deze publicatie beschrijft het monitoringsonderzoek door middel van geofysische methoden van een ... more Deze publicatie beschrijft het monitoringsonderzoek door middel van geofysische methoden van een reeks archeologische vindplaatsen doorheen heel Nederland. Deze onderzoeken werden uitgevoerd tussen 2013 en 2018 in opdracht van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed in samenwerking met Periplus Archeomare, Rijkswaterstaat en andere geofysische bedrijven. Van veel van deze (wrak)locaties was het de eerste keer dat zo een multibeamopname werd gemaakt. Deze informatie kan gebruikt worden als een nulmeting waarbij toekomstige opnamen vergeleken worden om het verval en erosie van de vindplaats te monitoren.
Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten, 2020
Deze publicatie beschrijft het archeologisch onderzoek in het Oostvoornse Meer uitgevoerd door de... more Deze publicatie beschrijft het archeologisch onderzoek in het Oostvoornse Meer uitgevoerd door de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed in 2014 en 2015. Samen met de informatie van andere onderzoeken door sportduikers, bedrijven en andere overheidsinstellingen geeft dit rapport een goed overzicht van alle bekende archeologische vindplaatsen met hun potentieel en bedreigingen.
Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg (RAM), 2020
In de Waddenzee ligt het rijksmonument Burgzand Noord, een locatie waar zestien historische schee... more In de Waddenzee ligt het rijksmonument Burgzand Noord, een locatie waar zestien historische scheepswrakken uit de 17e en 18e eeuw bewaard zijn gebleven. Enkele hiervan zijn fysiek beschermd. Tussen 2013 en 2017 heeft de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed onderhoud uitgevoerd op zeven van deze scheepswrakken.
Van 28 augustus tot en met 6 september 2013 heeft de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE)... more Van 28 augustus tot en met 6 september 2013 heeft de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) vanuit het Maritiem Programma een inventariserend veldonderzoek (IVO) uitgevoerd in Gebied 6000 in Cuijk. Het gebied heeft een hoge archeologische waarde en is gedeeltelijk een archeologisch rijksmonument. In Gebied 6000 zijn de resten van een vermoedelijke aanlegsteiger of loskade uit de laat-Romeinse tijd bewaard gebleven.