Dig Monkeys

Explore the past. A website for #Archaeology and #AncientHistory students. Sharing interesting articles, interviews, book & podcast reviews, and resources

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Great to see the combined #Photogrammetry model of the 2023 and 2024 gundeck excavations on the #ProtectedWreck Hazardous.

#Archaeology #Shipwrecks

[Andrew Spratt @andrewsp2009]

Southampton's West gate (Southern England) reconstruction mock-up. Some of King Henry V's forces passed thru these gates boarding ships for France in 1415 leading to the famous Battle of Agincourt. #SouthamptonTownWalls #EnglishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Great final day of diving on #ProtectedWreck Invincible, completing the preservation work on the rudder. 200+ sandbags moved the last 3 days.

Massive thanks to @DanPascoe79 for organising and help from @sotonarch @NautArchSoc @HE_Maritime

#Archaeology #Shipwreck @PWAssoc

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Dive 1 ✅️

Out today on #ProtectedWreck Invincible completing in-situ preservation work on the ship's rudder with site licensee @DanPascoe79 and @sotonarch @NautArchSoc @HE_Maritime

Great to be helping protect such an important site!

#Archaeology #Shipwreck @PWAssoc

[Felix Pedrotti @felix_pedrotti]

Laserscanners are transforming how we narrate history! Thanks to @UKRI_News @ahrcpress World Class Labs, the ‘Bringing Heritage to Life’ project has brought Medieval Southampton closer to the people of this beautiful city.

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

A successful end to the fieldwork!

Massive thanks to @DanPascoe79 for organising and to the @sotonarch student team for their effort and hard work.

#Archaeology #WW2

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Making great progress recording key features of WW2 landing crafts (LCAs) at Itchenor for @sotonarch fieldwork.
Amazing to see the surviving wooden hull preserved by the intertidal mud.

@DanPascoe79 #Archaeology #WW2

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

@DanPascoe79 @sotonarch @felix_pedrotti Great stuff! Thanks @felix_pedrotti! Looking forward to seeing how the survey turns out.

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Great first week of @sotonarch intertidal fieldwork, recording four WW2 landing crafts (LCAs) near Itchenor. Great effort by the students, making good progress!
@DanPascoe79
#Archeaology #History #WW2

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Fantastic 3D model by @DanPascoe79 of the ongoing excavation on #ProtectedWreck Hazardous. Very exciting to be revealing new areas of this amazing site!

#Shipwrecks #Archaeology @PWAssoc @HE_Maritime

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Diving the amazing #ProtectedWreck Hazardous (1706) with @sotonarch - Barrels, a fantastic wooden shovel, pair of lead sounding weights, and plenty of enormous cannons!

Thanks to Licensee Dave Johnston & @DanPascoe79

@R_OrtizV @HE_Maritime @PWAssoc #Archaeology #Shipwrecks

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

@DanPascoe79

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Day 1 diving Hazardous #ProtectedWreck with @sotonarch. Great conditions today on an amazing shipwreck site - which is over 300 years old!

Thanks to Site Licensee Dave Johnston and @DanPascoe79.

@PWAssoc @HE_Maritime #Archaeology #Shipwrecks

[HE Maritime @HE_Maritime]

On Saturday 6 April, our short film showcasing 50 years of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 will be screened as part of the Bath Archaeo-Heritage Film Festival. Book your free tickets here - https://t.co/VZkb93zAge #PWA50

[Honor Frost Foundation @honor_frost]

We have just released the final Dive & Dig for 2023, an interview with the always delightful Chris Dobbs on his career with the Mary Rose Museum and beyond. Grab a warm mug of something nice and settle in for a listen!

[Maritime Endangered Archaeology @MarEA_project]

Anthedon is one of #Gaza's most important sites, currently on #UNESCO tentative list. Its multiperiod features are found on land, eroding on the coast & underwater. Recent imagery shows a large segment of Anthedon cleared after airstrikes in October 2023 (as well as 2014 & 2021).

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

@pickledhen Thanks Karen!

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

Excited to present my masters thesis today at @caa_uk Applying machine learning for shipwreck detection in UK bathymetry data @ADMIRALTYOnline @UKHO
A massive thank you to my supervisors @Crystalsafadi @FSturt and @HE_Maritime team for their input on the presentation @hefinmeara

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

@saltysifter

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

A great day of talks at #CAAUK23 conference today @caa_uk. Great to be able to see the exciting and innovative work being done currently by archaeologists across the UK and beyond.
A huge thanks to the organising committee for putting everything together!
#Archaeology

[Dig Monkeys @DigMonkeys]

@hefinmeara Thanks Hefin!