HPR4447: Interview with Margreet Pakkert at the Flevoland 2025 Field Work Archaeology Open Day.

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Today we talk with Margreet Pakkert, who was kind enough to record an interview during the Flevoland 2025 Field Work Archaeology Open Day . The students were supervised as they document a Dutch Waterschip . This is a type of fishing vessel that was common in the Zuiderzee before it was reclaimed to form the province of Flevoland . As fish were caught they were kept alive in two chambers in the boat that were open to the sea¸ allowing the fishermen to deliver the freshest of fish to their market . As the water table in Flevoland is lowering, the shipwreck will soon rot away. So the team are out teaching students the craft of documenting the find and preserving what is unique. The ship itself sank between 1520 and 1530. Download hpr4447_VID_20250802_100139Z.mp4 video. Links Zuiderzee Zuiderzee Works Flevoland Waterschip in Dutch Veldschool Scheepsarcheologie Flevoland 2025 van start in Dutch Dendroarchaeology Unhygienix Maritime archaeolog Photogrammetry 3D Modle of Ship Lidar Artec 3D scanners Images The front/Fore There is a large event tent often used for weddings, covering the escalation area. The legs of two people can be seen standing on the grass above two archaeologists who are in the wreck. From the grass level, there is a 30cm/1 Foot layer of sandy soil until there wreck begins. The body of the ship is exposed and we can see the interlocking planks that form the hull. There is a "stepping stone" path made from sand bags from the keel/center spine of the ship, to the surface. One archaeologist stands at the end of this path with a bucket and at his feet is a scoop that he is using to fill it. The lower part of the ship is filling with wate