The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA), in collaboration with Tempus A... more The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA), in collaboration with Tempus Archaeology (TA) and with the support of the Maritime Archaeology Department of the Western Australian Museum (MADWAM), recently initiated the 3D Maritime Archaeological Project - Perth Region (3DMAPPR). Intended primarily as a community-oriented capacity-building exercise, the overall objectives of the initial stage of the project were twofold: (i) to assess the viability of employing a low-cost underwater 3D photogrammetry package to document maritime archaeological sites; and, (ii) to provide MAAWA members with a set of operational guidelines, training, and experience in underwater 3D photogrammetric recording and data processing techniques. It was intended that avocational 'citizen scientists' would then be able to help address current management priorities by making meaningful contributions to the ongoing documentation and monitoring of maritime archaeological sites in the Pe...
ABSTRACTSince 1985 the shipwreck site and related artifacts from the steamship SS Xantho (1872) h... more ABSTRACTSince 1985 the shipwreck site and related artifacts from the steamship SS Xantho (1872) have been key elements in the Western Australian Museum Maritime Archaeology Department’s research, exhibition, and outreach programs. This article describes a continually evolving, often intuitive, synergy between archaeological fieldwork and analyses, as well as museum interpretations and public engagement that have characterized the Steamships to Suffragettes exhibit conducted as part of a museum in vivo situation. This project has centered on themes locating the SS Xantho within a network of temporal, social, and biographical linkages, including associations between the ship’s engine and a visionary engineer (John Penn), a controversial entrepreneur (Charles Broadhurst), a feminist (Eliza Broadhurst), and a suffragette (Kitty Broadhust), as well as to Aboriginal and “Malay” divers and artists. Achieved with few funds, the project may be a valuable case study at a time when funds alloc...
This paper details the preliminary outcomes and issues encountered in a pilot project to employ t... more This paper details the preliminary outcomes and issues encountered in a pilot project to employ three-dimensional (3D) digitisation in the documentation of an assemblage of complex engine components from SS Xantho (1848-1872) held in the Department of Maritime Archaeology at the Western Australian Museum (WAM). The project was initiated at the suggestion of Xantho project director Dr Michael McCarthy following discussions with the authors regarding the feasibility of using (relatively) inexpensive close-range laser scanning hardware as part of the collection recording and management process. It is intended that the resulting digital archive will not only form part of the final report on SS Xantho, but also constitute a research and educational resource in its own right, in that the results will also enter the public domain via the web. There, archaeologists, heritage engineers, engine modellers and members of the public will be able to view and manipulate the components in 3D accord...
This paper briefly describes the 3D photogrammetric recording of the wrecks of City of Perth and ... more This paper briefly describes the 3D photogrammetric recording of the wrecks of City of Perth and Mayfield, undertaken as part of MAAWA's 3DMAPPR project
Recently the Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) in collaboration with ... more Recently the Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) in collaboration with Tempus Archaeology and with the support of the Maritime Archaeology Department of the Western Australian Museum (MADWAM) has initiated a community initiative named The Perth Region Maritime Archaeology 3-Dimensional (3D) Mapping Project. MAAWA is a Western Australian non-for profit community based organization having a long history of involvement in the recording of underwater cultural heritage in various parts of Western Australia. The project comprises the first stage of a broader program of site documentation with the objectives to test and use a low-cost photogrammetry package (on a selection of 3 diverse sites) intended to facilitate rapid metric recording of underwater cultural heritage in the Perth area, and secondly to provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques. The initial steps of the first outcome of this project (which is presented here) will be to enhance the content of the recently completed Lottery West funded MAAWA project of a Perth region shipwreck sites Smart Phone application and website, and to establish a hardware/software package operational guidelines which could be adopted as a ‘turnkey’ solution for other low- budget individuals, groups and organizations or institutions.
The issue of military losses and disposals has been increasingly explored from archaeological per... more The issue of military losses and disposals has been increasingly explored from archaeological perspectives as part of a growing concern with ‘matériel culture’. However, relatively little, if any, attention has been paid to the archaeological potential of near- and offshore disposal of other classes of military matériel – including spare parts and damaged or fragmented items – in wartime and post-bellum contexts. In this paper it is argued that such material should not be considered epiphenomenal; rather, it has the potential not only to yield important data relating to socio-economic and technological processes, but also to provide insights into the materially constituted nature of social memory. In order to explore these issues in more detail, I will examine World War II (WWII) Australian and American military dump-sites in and around the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory.
The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) recently initiated the first st... more The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) recently initiated the first stage of its Perth Region Maritime Archaeology 3D Mapping Project, with the support and supervision of the Western Australian Museum (WAM). This project is intended to facilitate the development of a low-cost photogrammetry package for rapid metric recording of UCH in the Perth region and provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques.
3D modeling archaeological artifacts for museum display is well known for recreation and preserva... more 3D modeling archaeological artifacts for museum display is well known for recreation and preservation purposes. Using 3D photogrammetry technology it’s also possible to build 3D models of archaeological sites, providing a fully-explorable link between archaeology and artifact. This presentation will show a case-study from Western Australia Maritime Museum, where archaeologists and museum staff worked together to build accurate, detailed 3D models of shipwreck sites. The focus was on modeling efforts of the underwater ship itself or an artifact in the wrecksite that was recovered and on display. Using the 3D model we are working on an interactive app which allows the visitor to engage with the display in a comparative, analytical, or alternative interest capacity. The app allows a visitor access to a large object, for example an underwater shipwreck, which they usually wouldn't otherwise see and allows for greater understanding of that object using more of that objects’ historical context.
The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project has been awarded a large ARC (Australian R... more The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project has been awarded a large ARC (Australian Research Council) Linkage grant (LP110200184) to investigate the excavation, reburial and in-situ preservation of wrecks and their associated artefacts, which are considered to be at risk.
This project will focus on Clarence (1850), a historically significant colonial wooden trading vessel located in Victorian internal waters near St Leonards in Port Phillip. The overarching theoretical focus will be on shipwreck site formation models and the project brings together the disciplines of behavioural archaeology, maritime archaeology, conservation sciences and maritime object conservation.
The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA), in collaboration with Tempus A... more The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA), in collaboration with Tempus Archaeology (TA) and with the support of the Maritime Archaeology Department of the Western Australian Museum (MADWAM), recently initiated the 3D Maritime Archaeological Project - Perth Region (3DMAPPR). Intended primarily as a community-oriented capacity-building exercise, the overall objectives of the initial stage of the project were twofold: (i) to assess the viability of employing a low-cost underwater 3D photogrammetry package to document maritime archaeological sites; and, (ii) to provide MAAWA members with a set of operational guidelines, training, and experience in underwater 3D photogrammetric recording and data processing techniques. It was intended that avocational 'citizen scientists' would then be able to help address current management priorities by making meaningful contributions to the ongoing documentation and monitoring of maritime archaeological sites in the Pe...
ABSTRACTSince 1985 the shipwreck site and related artifacts from the steamship SS Xantho (1872) h... more ABSTRACTSince 1985 the shipwreck site and related artifacts from the steamship SS Xantho (1872) have been key elements in the Western Australian Museum Maritime Archaeology Department’s research, exhibition, and outreach programs. This article describes a continually evolving, often intuitive, synergy between archaeological fieldwork and analyses, as well as museum interpretations and public engagement that have characterized the Steamships to Suffragettes exhibit conducted as part of a museum in vivo situation. This project has centered on themes locating the SS Xantho within a network of temporal, social, and biographical linkages, including associations between the ship’s engine and a visionary engineer (John Penn), a controversial entrepreneur (Charles Broadhurst), a feminist (Eliza Broadhurst), and a suffragette (Kitty Broadhust), as well as to Aboriginal and “Malay” divers and artists. Achieved with few funds, the project may be a valuable case study at a time when funds alloc...
This paper details the preliminary outcomes and issues encountered in a pilot project to employ t... more This paper details the preliminary outcomes and issues encountered in a pilot project to employ three-dimensional (3D) digitisation in the documentation of an assemblage of complex engine components from SS Xantho (1848-1872) held in the Department of Maritime Archaeology at the Western Australian Museum (WAM). The project was initiated at the suggestion of Xantho project director Dr Michael McCarthy following discussions with the authors regarding the feasibility of using (relatively) inexpensive close-range laser scanning hardware as part of the collection recording and management process. It is intended that the resulting digital archive will not only form part of the final report on SS Xantho, but also constitute a research and educational resource in its own right, in that the results will also enter the public domain via the web. There, archaeologists, heritage engineers, engine modellers and members of the public will be able to view and manipulate the components in 3D accord...
This paper briefly describes the 3D photogrammetric recording of the wrecks of City of Perth and ... more This paper briefly describes the 3D photogrammetric recording of the wrecks of City of Perth and Mayfield, undertaken as part of MAAWA's 3DMAPPR project
Recently the Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) in collaboration with ... more Recently the Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) in collaboration with Tempus Archaeology and with the support of the Maritime Archaeology Department of the Western Australian Museum (MADWAM) has initiated a community initiative named The Perth Region Maritime Archaeology 3-Dimensional (3D) Mapping Project. MAAWA is a Western Australian non-for profit community based organization having a long history of involvement in the recording of underwater cultural heritage in various parts of Western Australia. The project comprises the first stage of a broader program of site documentation with the objectives to test and use a low-cost photogrammetry package (on a selection of 3 diverse sites) intended to facilitate rapid metric recording of underwater cultural heritage in the Perth area, and secondly to provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques. The initial steps of the first outcome of this project (which is presented here) will be to enhance the content of the recently completed Lottery West funded MAAWA project of a Perth region shipwreck sites Smart Phone application and website, and to establish a hardware/software package operational guidelines which could be adopted as a ‘turnkey’ solution for other low- budget individuals, groups and organizations or institutions.
The issue of military losses and disposals has been increasingly explored from archaeological per... more The issue of military losses and disposals has been increasingly explored from archaeological perspectives as part of a growing concern with ‘matériel culture’. However, relatively little, if any, attention has been paid to the archaeological potential of near- and offshore disposal of other classes of military matériel – including spare parts and damaged or fragmented items – in wartime and post-bellum contexts. In this paper it is argued that such material should not be considered epiphenomenal; rather, it has the potential not only to yield important data relating to socio-economic and technological processes, but also to provide insights into the materially constituted nature of social memory. In order to explore these issues in more detail, I will examine World War II (WWII) Australian and American military dump-sites in and around the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory.
The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) recently initiated the first st... more The Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia (MAAWA) recently initiated the first stage of its Perth Region Maritime Archaeology 3D Mapping Project, with the support and supervision of the Western Australian Museum (WAM). This project is intended to facilitate the development of a low-cost photogrammetry package for rapid metric recording of UCH in the Perth region and provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques.
3D modeling archaeological artifacts for museum display is well known for recreation and preserva... more 3D modeling archaeological artifacts for museum display is well known for recreation and preservation purposes. Using 3D photogrammetry technology it’s also possible to build 3D models of archaeological sites, providing a fully-explorable link between archaeology and artifact. This presentation will show a case-study from Western Australia Maritime Museum, where archaeologists and museum staff worked together to build accurate, detailed 3D models of shipwreck sites. The focus was on modeling efforts of the underwater ship itself or an artifact in the wrecksite that was recovered and on display. Using the 3D model we are working on an interactive app which allows the visitor to engage with the display in a comparative, analytical, or alternative interest capacity. The app allows a visitor access to a large object, for example an underwater shipwreck, which they usually wouldn't otherwise see and allows for greater understanding of that object using more of that objects’ historical context.
The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project has been awarded a large ARC (Australian R... more The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project has been awarded a large ARC (Australian Research Council) Linkage grant (LP110200184) to investigate the excavation, reburial and in-situ preservation of wrecks and their associated artefacts, which are considered to be at risk.
This project will focus on Clarence (1850), a historically significant colonial wooden trading vessel located in Victorian internal waters near St Leonards in Port Phillip. The overarching theoretical focus will be on shipwreck site formation models and the project brings together the disciplines of behavioural archaeology, maritime archaeology, conservation sciences and maritime object conservation.
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of site documentation with the objectives to test and use a low-cost photogrammetry package (on a selection of 3 diverse sites) intended to facilitate rapid metric recording of underwater cultural heritage in the Perth area, and secondly to provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques. The initial steps of the first outcome of this project (which is presented here) will be
to enhance the content of the recently completed Lottery West funded MAAWA project of a Perth region shipwreck sites Smart Phone application and website, and to establish a hardware/software package operational guidelines which could be adopted as a ‘turnkey’ solution for other low- budget individuals, groups and organizations or institutions.
This project will focus on Clarence (1850), a historically significant colonial wooden trading vessel located in Victorian internal waters near St Leonards in Port Phillip. The overarching theoretical focus will be on shipwreck site formation models and the project brings together the disciplines of behavioural archaeology, maritime archaeology, conservation sciences and maritime object conservation.
of site documentation with the objectives to test and use a low-cost photogrammetry package (on a selection of 3 diverse sites) intended to facilitate rapid metric recording of underwater cultural heritage in the Perth area, and secondly to provide training for MAAWA members in underwater photogrammetric recording and image processing techniques. The initial steps of the first outcome of this project (which is presented here) will be
to enhance the content of the recently completed Lottery West funded MAAWA project of a Perth region shipwreck sites Smart Phone application and website, and to establish a hardware/software package operational guidelines which could be adopted as a ‘turnkey’ solution for other low- budget individuals, groups and organizations or institutions.
This project will focus on Clarence (1850), a historically significant colonial wooden trading vessel located in Victorian internal waters near St Leonards in Port Phillip. The overarching theoretical focus will be on shipwreck site formation models and the project brings together the disciplines of behavioural archaeology, maritime archaeology, conservation sciences and maritime object conservation.