Dr John Hend

1. Digitally preserving a
submerged Bronze Age city
The Pavlopetri Underwater
Archaeology Project
Digital Past 2012, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales
Dr. Jon Henderson (University of Nottingham)

2. Pausanias – the island of
• Pavlopetri Elaphonisos had been a peninsula in
classical times
Admiralty Pilot – evidence that the
isthmus had not been breached until
the seventeenth century AD

5. Pavlopetri Underwater
Archaeology Project
2009-2013

6. 2010 plan of the
submerged town at
Pavlopetri
The earliest evidence for
occupation at the site dates to
the Final Neolithic c. 3500 BC.

12. Pithos burial 2009

13. Pithos burial 2011

14. Total Station survey
with data-logging software

18. Next Engine Desktop 3D Scanner
The scanner and turntable (left) and with object, gripper, and computer (right).

42. Kongsberg-Mesotech MS 1000
Sector Scan Sonar

44. 100 metre scan

45. Building IX
40 metre scan

46. Building IX
30 metre scan

47. Building IX
20 metre scan

48. Building IX
15 metre scan

49. Building IX
7.5 metre scan

50. Building IX
5 metre scan

51. Building IX
50 metre scan

52. Building IX
30 metre scan

53. Building IX
20 metre scan

54. Building IX
15 metre scan

55. Building IX
10 metre scan

56. Building IX
5 metre scan

58. 15 metre scan

59. 10 metre scan

60. 5 metre scan