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HWTMA held a successful event last year and is now focusing this year’s event on how to survive and grow in the current economic climate and how to benefit from changes in funding streams during a downturn. Our guest lecturer is Simon Paine well known for his inspirational talks.
As part of the Archaeological Atlas of the 2 Seas project a number of wreck sites are to be imaged by geophysical survey and investigated by divers between the 22nd and 27th August 2010.
Gifted and Talented young people from The Chamberlayne College of Arts in Southampton with the help from HWTMA staff and Animation for Children UK have just produced a short animation film about Henry the V’s ship Grace Dieu.
A successful week’s fieldwork was carried out in the Eastern Solent between 5th-9th July 2010. The fieldwork involved French and Belgian colleagues as well as a number of volunteers. Diving this week took place from two dive boats, Wight Spirit and Wight Diver, and involved a variety of shipwreck sites.
HWTMA staff will be taking part in fieldwork at the Middle Paleolithic site of Fermanville from 26th-30th July 2010.
The amazing weather between the 21 – 25th June provided perfect diving conditions for the work in Alum Bay as part of the ERDF funded Interreg IVa Atlas of the 2 Seas Project. Joining the HWTMA team were colleagues from France and Belgium and volunteers. Operations were undertaken from Dive Boat Wight Spirit, supported by pleasure craft Dingle and Halcyon.
In June this year, the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology are undertaking a week of diving archaeology on the submerged landscape site of Bouldnor Cliff.