Atlas Archéologique des 2 Mers

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The Archaeological Atlas of the 2 Seas project aims to map the available underwater data for the two seas. The first step will merge French, British and Flemish data to create a comprehensive underwater archaeological landscape, which will include the location of known shipwrecks, contextual data and legal and regulatory information. Thanks to this, the project team will be able to determine zones of major interest where they will organize archaeological surveys alternating between the coasts of each partner. An international team will ensure that the new expertise is shared between partners. The information will be organised into a database linked to a GIS system, which will be constructed during the project and put online. This will be accessible to the different partners involved, and also to heritage managers (marine aggregate extraction, windfarms, managing wrecks with hazardous cargoes…) as well as to researchers, students and the public at large.

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