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Part 1 - Getting started. In this video join Underwater Archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson, as he embarks on a race to save an ancient submerged Greek town. Dr Henderson talks you through the plans to conduct groundbreaking underwater archaeological research to properly survey the town of Pavlopetri, off the coast of Laconia. The town is believed to date back to at least 2,800BC. You can also join Dr Henderson beneath the waves in Part 2 of this video. From http://www.youtube.com/user/NottmUniversity

Underwater archaeologists surveying the worlds oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the early Bronze Age. This suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5000 years ago making the site even more important than first thought. The Pavlopetri Underwater Archaeology Project, involving the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and The University of Nottingham, aims to establish when the site was occupied, what it was used for and through a systematic study of the geomorphology of the area, how the town became submerged. Dr Jon Henderson, from the Department of Archaeology, takes up the story. From http://www.youtube.com/user/NottmUniversity