Marine Survey Data: A Guide to Good Practice

Deanna Groom (Centre for Applied Marine Sciences, Bangor University) and Kieron Niven (Archaeology Data Service). 2024

With contributions from Kevin Camidge (CISMAS), Stuart Churchley (Historic England), Professor Justin Dix (University of Southampton), Colin Dunlop (DAERA), Mark Beattie-Edwards (Nautical Archaeology Society), Dr Antony Firth (Historic England), Helen Hall (UK Hydrographic Office), Peter Holt (3H Consulting), Mark James (MSDS), Brandon Mason (Maritime Archaeology Trust), John Mitchell (Marine Data Exchange, The Crown Estate), Mary Mowat (British Geological Survey), Dr Rory Quinn (Ulster University), Rodrigo Pachero-Ruiz (University of Southampton), Dr Michael Roberts, Steve Rowland and Aled Owen (Bangor University), Hannah Smith and Jarvis Gray (Historic Environment Scotland), Louise Tizzard (Wessex Archaeology), and Dr Julian Whitewright (RCAHMW).

This Guide has been produced as part of the Unpath’d Waters project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the Towards a National Collection programme. It is part of the wider suite of Archaeology Data Service Guides to Good Practice.

All material in this guide is available open access under a CC-BY 4.0 licence.