À l'aube de la construction navale espagnole en Asie: le San Diego (1600)

The wreck of the San Diego was discovered at the Philippines in 1991, through a magnetometer survey. This spanish «nao», built in Cebu in the south of the Philippines, was lost in december 1600 in a sea battle with Olivier van Noort, a dutch sailor. In 1992 and 1993, two excavation campaigns took place on this site. During the second campaign, the author ο f this paper directed the study of the constructional remains of the wreck. The hull appeared to be well preserved. On the basis of the preliminary results of the study, it is possible to identify the San Diego as one of those famous Manila galleons which for three centuries sailed the spanish trading route between Manila and Acapulco. Therefore, the wreck of the San Diego offered the first insight into the spanish shipbuilding in Asia in the end of the 16th century.L'Hour Michel. À l'aube de la construction navale espagnole en Asie: le San Diego (1600). In: Archaeonautica, 14, 1998. Construction navale maritime et fluviale. Approches archéologique, historique et ethnologique. pp. 237-241

Un site sous-marin sur la côte de l'Armorique. L'épave antique de Ploumanac'h

In 1983 was discovered in the "Sept Iles" a wreck which delivered 271 lead ingots. These ingots bear many inscriptions whom a few evoke celtic tribes of roman Britain, Brigantes and Icenes. The epigraphic study doesn't give an unique and unquestionable date. In fact, this one commands a new study of the politic and economic history of roman Britain. The archeometric and petrographic studies of some fragments of tiles which were found on the site would permit to date more easily the wreck of Ploumanac'h.En 1983, fut découvert dans les Sept-Iles un gisement sous-marin qui a livré deux cent soixante-et-onze lingots de plomb. Ceux-ci portaient un grand nombre d'inscriptions dont certaines évoquent des tribus celtiques de la Grande-Bretagne romanisée, les Brigantcs et les Icenes. L'étude épigraphique n'offre guère de critère de datation unique et indiscutable. Elle impose en revanche un réexamen minutieux de l'histoire politique et économique de la Bretagne romanisée. Les études archéométrique et pétrographique de quelques éléments de tuile trouves sur le site permettront peut-être de dater avec précision l'épave de Ploumanac'h.L'Hour Michel. Un site sous-marin sur la côte de l'Armorique. L'épave antique de Ploumanac'h. In: Revue archéologique de l'ouest, tome 4, 1987. pp. 113-131

Les statuettes de bois de l'épave Planier 1 à Marseille

L'Hour Michel. Les statuettes de bois de l'épave Planier 1 à Marseille. In: Archaeonautica, 4, 1984. pp. 53-73

Les épaves de la bataille de la Hougue (Manche)

An important programme ofunderwater archaeological research has been led, since 1990, by the authors on the site of the wrecks from the battle of the Hougue, near the isle of Tatihou in the Channel. Discovered by a norman diver in 1985, the wrecks studied are those offive first-rate vessels setfire to in thè bay ofthe Hougue by enghsh fire-ships, after having participated on may 29, 1692, in a fight bringing together the french fleet and the anglo-dutch coalition off Barfleur. The réhabilitation of the isle of Tatihou and the project to create a departmental naval muséum there, has incited the « Conseil Général de la Manche » to finance an extensive archaeological programme on the remains of vessels conserved around the island. About a hundred searchers have totalized in five campaigns, almost 4500 hours of underwater work to perform this study. The five first-rate vessels at Tatihou have a dual interest in providing construction dates extending over more than a quarter of a century, from 1664 to 1691, and coming from three royal naval shipyards: Toulon, Rochefort and Brest. They bear witness to the evolution of the building of large french ships ofthe Une in the last third of the 17th century. The characteristics ofeach archaeological entity have led up to the choice of four of the sites which appear both, the most preserved and the most likely to supply complementary information: the wrecks designated as A-B, C, E and F. The two first have the traditional Levant architecture based on a simple frame - this principle of construction shows a notable evolution between the two wrecks - whereas the third has already, a structure of double frames which tended to be predominant in the west, at the end of the century. The last one, presents a specifie structure of double frames which could be a middle technical solution between the traditional simple frame and the continuous double frames used in the 18th century. The comparison of the materia! with the written documents allowed us to specify for each wreck, its original identity. The observation ο f tool traces and woodwork techniques, the way it was all assembled and the insertion séquences of architectural pieces should enable us, at last, to obtain consistent data on the structural construction and design of vessels at the end of the 17th century.L'Hour Michel, Veyrat Elisabeth. Les épaves de la bataille de la Hougue (Manche). In: Archaeonautica, 14, 1998. Construction navale maritime et fluviale. Approches archéologique, historique et ethnologique. pp. 243-251

Le pillage de l’épave Fourmigue C, un navire romain chargé d’amphores et d’une cargaison de mobilier d’art

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Les épaves de la Hougue (1692) : une base de données pour l’étude de la Marine royale française

L'Hour Michel, Veyrat Elisabeth. Les épaves de la Hougue (1692) : une base de données pour l’étude de la Marine royale française. In: Deux siècles de constructions et chantiers navals (milieu XVIIe-milieu XIXe siècle). Actes du 124e Congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, « Milieu littoral et estuaires », Nantes, 1999. Paris : Editions du CTHS, 2002. pp. 135-145. (Actes du Congrès national des sociétés savantes, 124

The 2014 underwater archaeological mission on the shipwreck of the Lune, in the framework of the Corsaire Concept Project: scanning and sampling artefacts with robots

International audienceSince November, 6, 1664, close to the French shipyard of Toulon, the shipwreck of the Lune lies 90 meters deep, remarkably preserved. Yearly, in fall, the trials of the Corsaire Project consortium and it's invited partners are performed in this exceptional environment, thus allowing the estimate of the performances of the developed robotic tools under real conditions. This year, for the wreckage's 350 years celebration, sensing and sampling methods have been evaluated. The team has not only tested 3D laser scanning methods and underwater omnidirectional cameras, but also two new grasping devices, specifically designed for the project, and embedded on a mini-ROV: a mobile claw, and a 2000 meters depth rated robotic hand.This talk will first remind the story of the Lune, focusing on its remarkable state of conservation and its historical interest. Then the Corsaire Project will be presented, and the tests performed this year on the shipwreck will be detailed and analyzed. This talk will be illustrated by many unreleased pic-tures and movies

French Archaeology’s Long March to the Deep—The Lune Project: Building the Underwater Archaeology of the Future

Keynote speakersInternational audienceThis paper describes our project to study the wreck of the Lune and the determination of French archaeologists to develop viable techniques for working on deep-water wrecks. We begin by sketching out the general context of underwater archaeology in France before describing in detail our long march to the deep. We conclude with an overview of the Corsaire Concept project for deep sea archaeology

Les nouveaux enjeux de la recherche en archéologie sous-marine

International audienceL’histoire maritime et l’archéologie sous-marine intéressent aujourd’hui un public de plus en plus nombreux. L’une et l’autre ont connu des progrès considérables sans pour autant toujours se rencontrer. Elles sont pourtant largement complémentaires, comme le montre ce numéro de la Revue d’histoire maritime qui a pour but de faire connaître à l’ensemble des amateurs d’histoire maritime, au‐delà des archéologues spécialisés, le chemin parcouru depuis un demi‐siècle par l’archéologie sous‐marine en termes scientifiques et techniques. Elle le doit à une formation de plus en plus poussée des archéologues, aux effets d’interaction suscitées par les différentes découvertes, mais aussi et très largement aux progrès des techniques employées, notamment ceux de l’informatique, de la photographie numérique et des instruments qui leur sont liés. Le patrimoine immergé devient ainsi de plus en plus accessible et donc de mieux en mieux connu