Wrecks on the Seabed R2: Assessing Evaluating and Recording (U86)

The project comprised the development and testing of a number of methodologies for the rapid assessment, evaluation and recording of wreck sites. The main aim of the project was to provide industry, regulators and contractors with a framework for the incremental, decision-oriented investigation of wreck sites and with guidance on their archaeological assessment, evaluation and recording. The objectives were: - Develop and refine methodologies for assessing, evaluating and recording sites in deeper water. - Assess the effectiveness of undertaking archaeological recording using remote operated vehicle (ROV) and geophysical techniques only. - Assess environmental issues (e.g. depth, distance from port, fetch) in respect of working on sites in deeper water. - Assess infrastructure issues (e.g. anchoring, tow cable handling, umbilical handling) in respect of working on sites in deeper water. Year two of Round two of the Wrecks on the Seabed project comprised deep water ROV survey of three wrecks. This dataset relates to the third of these wrecks, a First World War German U-boat - U86 - and comprises databases relating to the Wessex Archaeology DIVA dive recording system, GIS shapefiles for the tracklogs of the ROV and video stills from the survey.本项目开发并测试了一系列用于沉船遗址快速勘察、评估与记录的方法体系。本项目的核心目标是为行业、监管机构与承包商提供一套用于沉船遗址渐进式、决策导向型勘察的框架，以及沉船遗址考古勘察、评估与记录的专业指南。项目目标如下： 1. 开发并优化深水区域遗址勘察、评估与记录的方法体系； 2. 评估仅使用遥控无人潜水器（Remotely Operated Vehicle, ROV）与地球物理技术开展考古记录工作的有效性； 3. 评估深水遗址作业涉及的环境相关问题（如水深、距港口距离、风区）； 4. 评估深水遗址作业涉及的基础设施相关问题（如锚泊、拖缆操作、脐带缆操作）。 ‘海底沉船（Wrecks on the Seabed）’项目第二轮第二年度阶段完成了三艘沉船的深水ROV勘察作业。本数据集对应上述三艘沉船中的第三艘，即一艘第一次世界大战时期的德国U型潜艇U86，其数据内容包括与韦塞克斯考古（Wessex Archaeology）DIVA潜水记录系统相关的数据库、ROV航迹日志的地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）形状文件，以及本次勘察获取的视频静帧。