The Stray Finds Project - Recording Lost Artefacts from Plymouth Sound

Author(s): Peter Holt

Year: 2013

Summary

Divers have been removing objects from the sea since diving was first invented and the advent of SCUBA diving led to an increase in recoveries by private collectors.  Through work on the SHIPS Project in Plymouth, England, sports divers were known to possess items recovered from the sea that had not been recorded,  items that may provide more information about the maritime history of the region.   The aim of the Stray Finds Project is to locate any significant objects in private hands, to record and photograph the objects and to publish the results as a finds catalogue.  This paper describes the methods used for the Stray Finds Project and provides an interim report on the results to date.

Cite this Record

The Stray Finds Project - Recording Lost Artefacts from Plymouth Sound. Peter Holt. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428706)

Keywords

Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom Western Europe

Spatial Coverage

min long: -8.158; min lat: 49.955 ; max long: 1.749; max lat: 60.722 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 376