ABSTRACT
A close-plot magnetometer predisturbance survey was first tried on the Kyrenia shipwreck in Cyprus (Green et al., 1967) in an attempt to obtain information about the material buried on the site. A grid was set up over the site and the magnetometer detector head was placed at regular intervals on the grid to measure the local field strength. By plotting the field intensity, the extent of the magnetic anomalies on the site could be determined. The diver who placed the magnetometer detector head was equipped with aluminum aqualung cylinders and the ferrous component of his equipment was kept to a minimum so that it did not affect the measurements (Figure 5.1).
