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Platform 2: Technical Platform - Field expertise
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Scientific Diving
The scientific diving at CAU and diving training are organised by the Working Group for Maritime and Limnic Archaeology (AMLA) and the Scientific Diving Centre at CAU respectively. The education matches the requirements of the European standard AESD (Advanced European Scientific Diver).
Photos by: AMLA, CAU Kiel
Although modern marine science uses manned and unmanned submersibles for many purposes, scientific scuba diving is essential for the accomplishement of several tasks. Local conditions such as the occurrence of shoals, surf conditions, or shallow waters as well as the complexity of some underwater operations sometimes prevent the use of submersibles or highly sophisticated remote operated vehicles (ROV´s) and make scientific divers indispensable. The depth limit for scientific diving of 50 m allows the investigation of most underwater archaeological sites where the majority of the operations are carried out in shallow waters less than 10 m deep.
Because of their highly specialised equipment, the divers of the Scientific Diving Centre of CAU can work regardless of water temperature and light conditions, therefore, year round, and its operations can be carried out from artic to tropical areas, from oceans to fresh water lakes.
Contact
Florian Huber, M.A.
Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology
+49 431 880-7427 or 3373
flohlys(at)yahoo.de
For more information:
http://www.amla-kiel.de/cms/about-amla.html