To help people who are interested in acquiring practical training of this kind, a British non-government organisation, the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) has created and developed a clear and practical training programme in the methods and techniques of underwater archaeology. The NAS training program is internationaly recognized by ICOMOS department of UNESCO.

Our volunteears will attend the NAS training program in Saint Florent, on the Island of Corsica with archaeologist Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche from La Société d’Etudes en Archéologie Subaquatique.

The NAS training programme has four different stages:

Introduction Certificate in Underwater Archaeology

This is a five days course starting with an introduction to archaeology and maritime archaeology and folowed by learning how to introduce archaeological projects from the planning phase through to carrying out a 3D survey and publishing the results.