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In the winter of 2014, João Sá, Luís Calheiros, Alexandre Sá, and Emanuel Sá communicated the finding of an important set of ship timbers and artifacts washed ashore at Belinho, Portugal, after an exceptionally large storm. Between 2015 and 2017, a succession of storms pushed more timbers and artifacts ashore. All timbers and artifacts were recovered, conserved, and curated by the archaeologists of the Esposende municipality. This chapter describes the present state of the research on this shipwreck and the collaboration between a large and diverse community of domain experts and the participating public.
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We want to thank the finders of the site for their commitment, insight, and tremendous support: Luís Miguel Calheiros, João Alves Sá, Alexandre Alves Sá, and Emanuel Sá. Ana Crespo and Nigel Nayling, principal investigators of the ForSEADiscovery Project (PITN-2013 GA607545 Marie Curie ITN EU Grant), Tânia Casimiro, Rosa Varela Gomes, and Francisco J. S. Alves (IAP, FCSH / UNL), Adolfo Silveira Martins (University of Wales Trinity Saint David), José Pinto (LSTS / FEUP), Christopher Dostal (A&M), and Matthew Kowalczyk (OFG). This project would not have been possible without the support and the participation of the Municipal Council of Esposende, Esposende Ambiente, Empresa Municipal (EAMB), Forum Esposendense, Centre of Diving and Marine Ecology of Esposende, Center of Nautical Archaeology of AlentejoLitoral (IAP / IHC-FCSH and Alcácer do Sal City Hall), Laboratory of Archaeology and Conservation of the Underwater Heritage of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Laboratory of Systems and Subaquatic Technology / Department of Engineering of the University of Porto, Ocean Floor Geophysics, OceanScan - Marine Systems and Technology, ShipLAB, Texas A&M University, and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
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Almeida, A., Casimiro, T., Castro, F., Martins, M., Monteiro, A., Varela Gomes, R. (2022). The Belinho 1 Shipwreck, Esposende, Portugal. In: Crespo Solana, A., Castro, F., Nayling, N. (eds) Heritage and the Sea. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86464-4_5
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