Flevoland ondersteboven. Een interdisciplinair onderzoek naar de bodemprofielen van scheepswrakken in de provincie Flevoland

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Interdisciplinary research on soil profiles of shipwrecks in Flevoland. This article encompasses a geo-archaeological study on soil profiles surrounding shipwrecks in the province of Flevoland and a comparative analysis of profile drawings in order to conclude whether shipwrecks can be dated based on soil profiles exclusively. Although there are over 420 shipwrecks in Flevoland, only twenty percent of them have a documented and reliable soil profile. Due to geological differences within Flevoland, soil profiles related to shipwrecks can only be compared on their specific geological region. In this case study, 29 profile drawings from shipwrecks in the Northeast Polder region and their soil profiles were analyzed. As a result, five ships were re-assigned a new and more accurate date of wreckage.