Site Recorder
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Site Recorder is a geographical information system (GIS) and Information Management System (IMS) designed for use in maritime, freshwater and intertidal archaeology. Site Recorder can be used on maritime and intertidal archaeology projects for real time data collection, decision support, publication, archiving and data migration. The program has been designed for use by archaeologists rather than GIS experts.
Site Recorder can replace the many separate surveying, drawing, finds handing and reporting programs usually used on site. Site plans can be drawn that connect the positions of finds drawn on the plan with the positions of survey points, so the plans adapt and improve as more survey and recording data is added.
Site Recorder can be used for all phases of an archaeological project:
Site Recorder and its predecessor program Site Surveyor have also been used for research into survey methods that can be used on sites underwater. From this research the Site Recorder SE (Student Edition) software was developed and made freely available to allow all archaeological projects access to high accuracy surveying capability. Site Recorder SE was adopted by the Nautical Archaeology Society
training program in 2006.
Site Recorder can replace the many separate surveying, drawing, finds handing and reporting programs usually used on site. Site plans can be drawn that connect the positions of finds drawn on the plan with the positions of survey points, so the plans adapt and improve as more survey and recording data is added.
Site Recorder can be used for all phases of an archaeological project:
- Excavation recording
- Site assessment and monitoring
- Survey planning and recording
- Publication and reporting
- Reprocessing existing site data
- Resource evaluation and management
- Archiving
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Research
Site Recorder has been used as a tool in the research into digital recording during archaeological excavations and for electronic publication of entire documentary archives from sites. As part of this a core database schema for recording maritime shipwreck sites has been developed and published.Site Recorder and its predecessor program Site Surveyor have also been used for research into survey methods that can be used on sites underwater. From this research the Site Recorder SE (Student Edition) software was developed and made freely available to allow all archaeological projects access to high accuracy surveying capability. Site Recorder SE was adopted by the Nautical Archaeology Society
Nautical Archaeology Society
The Nautical Archaeology Society is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.The charitable aims and object of the company are to further research in Nautical Archaeology and publish the results of such research and to advance education and...
training program in 2006.
Significant Projects
Site Recorder and Site Recorder SE / Site Surveyor have been used on a number of significant archaeological projects:- The excavation of the Mary RoseMary RoseThe Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany and after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 1545. While leading the attack on the galleys of a...
in 2003-2005 by the Mary Rose Trust - The excavation of the Kizilburun shipwreckKizilburun shipwreckThe Kizilburun shipwreck was discovered in 1993 by Dr. Cemal Pulak off the coast of Turkey, southwest of İzmir. On the seafloor was one Lamboglia 2 amphora and several column drums...
by the [Institute of Nautical Archaeology] - Reprocessing of the documentary archive from the USS MonitorUSS MonitorUSS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads...
by NOAA - Mapping the wreck of HMS Firebrand (1694)HMS Firebrand (1694)HMS Firebrand was a Royal Navy fireship built at Limehouse in 1694, the first Royal Naval vessel to bear the name.-Service:Firebrand served in the Caribbean and Mediterranean...
in the Isles of ScillyIsles of ScillyThe Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
by CISMAS. - The excavation at Pabuc Burnu in Turkey by the Institute of Nautical ArchaeologyInstitute of Nautical ArchaeologyThe Institute of Nautical Archaeology is the world’s oldest organization devoted to the study of humanity’s interaction with the sea through the practice of archaeology. INA’s founder Dr. George Bass pioneered the science of underwater excavation in the 1960s through work at Cape Gelidonya and...
in 2002 - Mapping the wreck of HMS Colossus (1787)HMS Colossus (1787)HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Gravesend on 4 April 1787 and lost on 10 December 1798.-Early history:...
in the Isles of ScillyIsles of ScillyThe Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
by Kevin Camidge - Geophysical survey and documentary archive publication on the Cattewater WreckCattewater WreckThe Cattewater Wreck is a wooden three-masted, skeleton-built vessel, one of many ships that have wrecked in Cattewater, Plymouth Sound, England...
in [Plymouth] by the University of Plymouth and 3H Consulting Ltd. - Reprocessing and publication of the documentary archive from the ResurgamResurgamResurgam is the name given to two early Victorian submarines designed and built by Reverend George Garrett as a weapon to penetrate the chain netting placed around ship hulls to defend against attack by torpedo vessels....
submarine in 2008. - The excavation of the Tile Wreck by ADMAT in the Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
in 2008 - The survey and excavation at Tektas Burnu in Turkey by the Institute of Nautical ArchaeologyInstitute of Nautical ArchaeologyThe Institute of Nautical Archaeology is the world’s oldest organization devoted to the study of humanity’s interaction with the sea through the practice of archaeology. INA’s founder Dr. George Bass pioneered the science of underwater excavation in the 1960s through work at Cape Gelidonya and...
. - The excavation of HMS PandoraHMS PandoraTen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:* HMS Pandora , a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth rate launched in 1779...
in Australia by the Queensland MuseumQueensland MuseumThe Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland. The museum currently operates four separate campuses; at South Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville.The museum is funded by the State Government of Queensland.-History:... - GalleGalleGalle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the capital city of Southern Province of Sri Lanka and it lies in Galle District....
Harbour maritime archaeological impact assessment by the Western Australian MuseumWestern Australian MuseumThe Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia.The Western Australian Museum has seven main sites: two in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle , and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
in 2007 - Documentation of the historic vessel Wawona by East Carolina UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEast Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...
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