Nautical Archaeology From The Air: The Application Of UAV Recording On The Equator

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The schooner Equator was built in 1888 by Californian shipwright Matthew Turner and eventually sailed by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson during his journeys in the South Pacific. Even after those events, the ship went through multiple changes in its design and purpose until the early 20th century. In present times, the port of Everett kept it as a living testament of the maritime heritage of the city. However, due to the high costs of maintenance and preservation, the vessel will be disassembled, and a salvage archaeological project was required. In order to guarantee the preservation of information, one of the methodologies used was recording with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for aerial photography and photogrammetry to recreate the ship three-dimensionally. The process, results, and reach of this methodology are presented in this poster.

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