Maritime Archaeology
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World leaders for submerged cultural heritage management and exploration.
SEARCH has completed more than 600 geophysical surveys and scientific diving investigations as well as more than 50 shipwreck, aircraft, and submerged historic structure assessments.
BOEM and the US Navy have contracted us to conduct major outer continental shelf and submerged cultural resource studies in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean.
Our staff include Qualified Marine Archaeologists (QMAs), certified divers, and experts in historic shipwrecks, submerged pre-contact resources, remote sensing, and conservation.
KEY SERVICES
Marine geophysical surveys (side-scan sonar, magnetometry, sub-bottom profiling)
Scientific diving for target identification, site eligibility evaluations, and excavation/data recovery
Desktop studies and constraints analyses
Paleolandscape reconstruction