List of Figures -- List of Plates -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The NAS Handbook - Why It Was Written -- 2 Underwater Archaeology -- WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY? -- WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER? -- WHAT IS NOT ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER? -- CLOSELY RELATED AND COMPLEMENTARY -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 3 Getting Involved in Underwater -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 4 Basic Principles - Making -- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERWATER SITES -- SITE TYPES -- THE RANGE OF EVIDENCE ON AN -- LINKS BETWEEN CATEGORIES -- USING THE EVIDENCE -- DATING -- ENVIRONMENT AND SITE-FORMATION -- THE DETERIORATION OF WOOD -- CULTURE AND SITE-FORMATION PROCESSES -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 5 Project Planning -- THE PROJECT DESIGN -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 6 Safety on Archaeological Sites Under -- RISK ASSESSMENTS -- DIVING PROJECT PLAN -- CODES OF PRACTICE -- CONTROL OF DIVING OPERATIONS -- WORKING UNDER WATER -- POTENTIAL DIVING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- SAFETY DURING EXCAVATION -- INTER-TIDAL SITE SAFETY -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 7 International and National Laws -- JURISDICTION - WHERE DO THE LAWS APPLY? -- THE REGIME IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS -- INTERNATIONAL SALVAGE LAW -- UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE AND -- OWNERSHIP OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL -- ABANDONMENT OF OWNERSHIP -- NATIONAL LEGISLATION -- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS -- CASE STUDIES -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 8 Archaeological Recording -- THE NEED FOR RECORDING -- RECORDING SYSTEMS -- PLANNING THE RECORDING: WHAT TO -- RECORDING INFORMATION ON SITE -- RECORDING TIMBERS -- RECORDING CONTEXTS -- RECORDING STRATIGRAPHY -- RECORDING ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE -- RECORDING SAMPLES -- RECORDING SURVEY RESULTS -- RECORDING PLANS AND SECTIONS -- RECORDING PHOTOGRAPHIC RESULTS -- CONSERVATION RECORDS -- IDENTIFYING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL -- TAGS AND LABELLING -- STORING THE INFORMATION -- COMPUTING OPTIONS AND ISSUES.

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- EXPLAINING, DOCUMENTING, AND -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- Historical Research -- TYPES OF EVIDENCE -- LOCATING PRIMARY SOURCES -- THE INTERNET -- METHODS OF RESEARCH -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 10 Photography -- PHOTOGRAPHIC THEORY -- DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY -- SURFACE PHOTOGRAPHY -- PHOTOGRAPHING FINDS -- UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY -- UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES -- DIGITAL DARKROOM -- MOSAICS - PHOTO OR VIDEO -- VIDEO CAMERAS -- VIDEO TECHNIQUE -- VIDEO EDITING -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 11 Position-Fixing -- GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES -- ACCURACY -- METHODS OF POSITION-FIXING -- EQUIPMENT -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 12 Underwater Search Methods -- POSITIONING -- COVERAGE -- SAFETY -- DIVER SEARCH METHODS -- 13 Geophysical and -- SEARCH PATTERNS, NAVIGATION AND -- ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS -- BATHYMETRIC SURVEY -- ECHO-SOUNDERS -- MULTIBEAM SWATH SYSTEMS -- BOTTOM-CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS -- SIDESCAN SONAR -- SUB-BOTTOM PROFILING -- MAGNETOMETRY -- INTEGRATED SURVEYS -- SUBMERSIBLES: ROVs AND AUVs -- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 14 Underwater Survey -- TYPES OF SURVEY -- AN INITIAL SKETCH -- PLANNING -- SETTING UP A BASELINE/CONTROL POINTS -- INSTALLING SURVEY POINTS -- THE PRINCIPLES OF SURVEY -- SURVEY USING TAPE-MEASURES, GRIDS -- VERTICAL CONTROL (HEIGHT/DEPTH) -- DRAWING/PLANNING FRAMES -- GRID-FRAMES -- PROCESSING MEASUREMENTS AND DRAWING -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-BASED -- ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEMS -- POSITIONING THE SITE IN THE REAL WORLD -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 15 Destructive Investigative Techniques -- PROBING -- SAMPLING -- EXCAVATION -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 16 Archaeological Conservation -- UNDERWATER BURIAL ENVIRONMENTS -- MATERIALS DEGRADATION AND POSTEXCAVATION -- PRINCIPAL RISKS TO FINDS DURING AND -- PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR FIRST-AID -- LIFTING, HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION.

APPROACHES TO PACKING AND STORAGE -- SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS -- INITIAL CLEANING -- HOLDING AND PRE-CONSERVATION -- RECORD-KEEPING -- X-RADIOGRAPHY AND FACILITIES -- HEALTH AND SAFETY -- INSURANCE -- CHECKLISTS -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 17 Site Monitoring and Protection -- MONITORING -- PROTECTION -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 18 Archaeological Illustration -- BASIC DRAWING EQUIPMENT -- DRAWING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL -- RECORDING 'BY EYE' -- RECORDING DECORATION AND SURFACE -- RECORDING CONSTRUCTIONAL AND OTHER -- POST-FIELDWORK PHOTOGRAPHY AND LASER -- PRESENTING A RANGE OF COMPLEX -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 19 Post-Fieldwork Analysis -- HANDLING MATERIAL AND KEEPING RECORDS -- POST-FIELDWORK TREATMENT OF SURVEY -- SPECIALIST ANALYSIS -- INTERPRETATION AND GATHERING -- PRODUCING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVE -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 20 Presenting, Publicizing and -- THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLICIZING (WHERE -- IDENTIFYING AND SATISFYING AN AUDIENCE -- METHODS OF PRESENTATION -- WRITING REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS -- A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT AND -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- Appendix 1: Anchor Recording -- STONE ANCHORS -- STOCK ANCHORS -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- Appendix 2: Guns -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SEA-BED RECORDING -- IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIAL -- CLASSIFICATION BY METHODS OF LOADING -- CLASSIFICATION BY SHAPE -- INSCRIPTIONS AND DECORATION -- PROJECTILES, CHARGES AND TAMPIONS -- RECORDING AND ILLUSTRATING GUNS -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- Appendix 3: NAS Training Programme -- AN INTRODUCTION TO FORESHORE AND -- NAS PART I: CERTIFICATE IN FORESHORE AND -- NAS PART II: INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE IN -- NAS PART III: ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN -- NAS PART IV: DIPLOMA IN FORESHORE AND -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- Glossary -- References and Further Reading -- Index.