(IELTS Listening) The hunt for sunken settlements and ancient shipwrecks

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The hunt for sunken settlements and ancient shipwrecks

ATLIT-YAM

• was a village on coast of eastern Mediterranean

• thrived until about 7,000 BC

• stones homes had a courtyard

• had a semicircle of large stones round a 31.

• cause of destruction unknown – now under the sea

• biggest settlement from the prehistoric period found on the seabed

• research carried out into structures, 32. and human remains

TRADITIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUVs)

• used in the oil industry, e.g. to make 33.

• problems: they were expensive and 34.

LATEST AUVs

• much easier to use, relatively cheap, sophisticated

Tests:

• Marzamemi, Sicily: found ancient Roman ships carrying architectural elements made of 35.

Underwater internet:

• 36. is used for short distance communication, acoustic waves for long distance

• plans for communication with researchers by satellite

• AUV can send data to another AUV that has better 37. , for example

Planned research in Gulf of Baratti:

• to find out more about wrecks of ancient Roman ships, including

             – one carrying 38. supplies; tables may have been used for cleaning the 39.   

             – others carrying containers of olive oil or 40.