salvage archaeology

The field is facing dramatic funding cuts, while proposed legal changes on salvage archaeology will endanger priceless physical evidence.

Thanks to an ongoing program of salvage archaeology in the Great Harbor, such remnants are now easier than ever to find.

“We documented it as we would during a salvage archaeology project, and then it was gone,” she said.

In recent years, Istanbul has been the scene of several stunning discoveries during salvage archaeology digs, most notably at the Yenikapi transit project, which unearthed a remarkable array of shipwrecks.