• 보존과학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.312-321
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• 2021

Underwater archaeology relies heavily on photography and video image recording during surveillances and excavations like ordinary archaeological studies on land. All underwater images suffer poor image quality and distortions due to poor visibility, low contrast and blur, caused by differences in refractive indices of water and air, properties of selected lenses and shapes of viewports. In the Yellow Sea (between mainland China and the Korean peninsula), the visibility underwater is far less than 1 m, typically in the range of 30 cm to 50 cm, on even a clear day, due to very high turbidity. For photographing 1 m x 1 m grids underwater, a very wide view angle (180°) fisheye lens with an 8 mm focal length is intentionally used despite unwanted severe barrel-shaped image distortion, even with a dome port camera housing. It is very difficult to map wide underwater archaeological excavation sites by combining severely distorted images. Development of practical compensation methods for distorted underwater images acquired through the fisheye lens is strongly desired. In this study, the source of image distortion in underwater photography is investigated. We have identified the source of image distortion as the mismatching, in optical axis and focal points, between dome port housing and fisheye lens. A practical image distortion compensation method, using customized image processing software, was explored and verified using archived underwater excavation images for effectiveness in underwater archaeological applications. To minimize unusable area due to severe distortion after distortion compensation, practical underwater photography guidelines are suggested.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.14-32
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• 2022

Underwater photographing and image recording are essential for pre-excavation survey and during excavation in underwater archaeology. Unlike photographing on land, all underwater images suffer various quality degradations such as shape distortions, color shift, blur, low contrast, high noise levels and so on. Outcome is very often heavily photographing equipment and photographer dependent. Excavation schedule, weather conditions, and water conditions can put burdens on divers. Usable images are very limited compared to the efforts. In underwater archaeological study in very turbid water such as in the Yellow Sea (between mainland China and the Korean peninsula), underwater photographing is very challenging. In this study, off-site image distortion and color compensation techniques using an image processing/analysis software is investigated as an alternative image quality enhancement method. As sample images, photographs taken during the excavation of 800-year-old Taean Mado Shipwrecks in the Yellow Sea in 2008-2010 were mainly used. Significant enhancement in distortion and color compensation of archived images were obtained by simple post image processing using image processing/analysis software (PicMan) customized for given view ports, lenses and cameras with and without optical axis offsets. Post image processing is found to be very effective in distortion and color compensation of both recent and archived images from various photographing equipment models and configurations. Merits and demerit of in-situ, distortion and color compensated photographing with sophisticated equipment and conventional photographing equipment, which requires post image processing, are compared.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2022

When the 60-ton-class patrol boat '72' of the Korea Coast Guard (KCG) was on duty and she accidentally collided with another patrol boat ('207', 200-ton-class) and sank. A month-long search found a small amount of lost items, but neither the crew nor the ship was found. For the first time in 39 years since the accident, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) searched the boat 72 using the latest integrated geophysical techniques. A number of sonar images presumed to be of a sunken ship was acquired using a combined system of side scan sonar and marine magnetometer, operated at an altitude of approximately 30 m from the seabed. At the same time, a strong magnetic anomaly (100 nT) was detected in one place, indicating the presence of an iron ship. A video survey using a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) confirmed the presence of a shielding part of a personal firearm at the stern of the sunken vessel. Based on these comprehensive data, the sunken vessel discovered in this exploration was assumed to be '72'. This result is meaningful in terms of future ocean exploration and underwater archaeology, as the integrated system of various geophysical methods is an efficient means of identifying objects present in the water.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.6-22
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• 2022

본고에서는 서·남해안에서 출수된 닻돌 228점의 유형을 분류하고, 유형별 결합 방식 상정, 출수 위치를 통한 항로 및 묘박지 추정 등을 시도하였다. 유형 분류에 앞서 닻돌의 무게, 두께, 너비, 길이를 측정하였는데, 묘박(錨泊)에서 가장 큰 영향을 끼치는 무게를 I~V군으로, 닻돌의 형태는 1~6형으로 구분하였다. 이러한 무게와 형태의 상관 관계를 통해 모두 17개의 유형으로 분류하였다. 유형별 결합 방식은 출수된 닻돌의 기준값 형태적 특징에 따라 무게가 180kg 이하이면서, 형태가 1·2형인 것은 닻장에 결합하여 사용하는 닻으로, 무게가 180kg 이상이며 형태가 3~6형인 것은 닻채에 결합하여 사용하는 닻으로 상정하였다. 이와 함께 과거 기록과 지역 주민의 증언을 통해 항로와 묘박지(錨泊地)를 파악하고 이를 실물자료와 대조하였다. 항로는 대체로 과거 기록과 그 위치가 일치했지만, 새로운 항로가 섬 인근이나 내륙 인접 해역에서 확인되기도 하였다. 묘박지의 경우 닻돌 집중 분포지인 태안 마도 해역과 진도 벽파진 해역(珍島 碧波津 海域)에서 소형, 대형 닻돌들이 출수되는 양상을 볼 때, 여러 크기의 선박이 두 해역에 묘박하였다는 증언과 일치하였다.