Wrecks Ecology

The project develops an increased understanding of the environmental interactions of wreck sites and the (potentially cumulative) impacts on wreck sites from aggregate extraction. As a part of the project an assessment of the usefulness and potential of ecological data collected as part of archaeological wreck site surveys to offer the aggregates industry benefits arising out of the cost-effectiveness of integrated surveys was also completed. Along with an investigation of possible cross-over advantages from ecological and archaeological mitigation from the impacts of aggregate extraction.本项目旨在加深对沉船遗址（wreck sites）的环境相互作用，以及砂石骨料开采（aggregate extraction）对沉船遗址造成的（潜在累积）影响的认知。作为项目组成部分，本团队不仅完成了一项评估工作：针对考古沉船遗址调查中采集的生态数据的实用性与应用潜力，评估其能否借助综合调查的成本效益优势，为砂石骨料行业（aggregates industry）带来实际收益；还针对砂石骨料开采影响下，生态与考古减缓措施可能具备的跨界优势开展了调研。