AN OCEAN OF DATA.

UNDERWATER archaeology; UNDERWATER archaeologists; FOLEY, Brendan; REMOTE submersibles; DATA analysis; ARCHAEOLOGY methodology

The article discusses maritime archaeology, examining archaeologists including Brendan Foley who use technology such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to conduct research on shipwrecks and other underwater archaeological sites. The article examines research that Foley conducted at Dia, a Greek island north of Crete, and discusses how he uses robots to create data sets. Other topics include fund-raising, the creation of photomosaics of wrecks, and quantitative analysis in archaeology.