OR 49, Flevoland (Netherlands)

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The International Fieldschool for Maritime Archaeology Flevoland (IFMAF) was an educational program where the University of Groningen collaborated with the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency, the province of Flevoland, the municipality of Lelystad and Nieuw Land Heritage Center. The annual field school included the excavation of a shipwreck in Flevoland during which the specific field techniques needed in maritime archaeology can be tought under controlled condititions on land. A. van Holk and Y. van Popta supervised the excavations. In 2014 en 2015, researchers, students and volunteers excavated the remains of a Dutch freighter from the 17th century. The board side of the ship was found collapsed onto the starboard side. The wooden remains which were close to the surface were all very badly preserved (as they were above the groundwater level). This model is from the stage in the excavation where the interior of the starboard side was cleaned.