Arade 1 Project Introduction Found during dredging operations in 1970, the Arade 1 shipwreck was photographed and inspected by amateur archaeologists during the subsequent summers.  Since there were very few artifacts, this wreck was quickly forgotten and left abandoned.  During the decade that followed the Arade 1 hull slowly decayed, broke flat, and was covered by sediments.  In the summer of 2001 Centro Nacional de Arqueologia Náutica e Subaquática (CNANS), the Portuguese agency for Nautical Archaeology, invited a team from Texas A&M University to participate in a project of survey and excavation of several sites on the mouth of the Arade River, near the city of Portimão, in Portugal. Mouth of the Arade River, Portimão, Portugal The Arade 1 shipwreck was located by a team from CNANS during the summer of 2001, and an agreement was secured with the local municipality and archaeological museum for a long-term project of survey, excavation, study and preservation of the Arade River cultural heritage.  This project was designated ProArade.  Part of the Arade 1 shipwreck was excavated and recorded by a team from CNANS during the summer of 2001.  In the summer of 2002 a team from Texas A&M University's Nautical Archaeology Program, in the Anthropology Department, was invited to excavate this shipwreck. The excavations started in the summer of 2002, in a joint project which assembled the efforts of the local municipality (Câmara Municipal de Portimão), the local archaeological museum (Museu de Portimão), a local non-profit association (GEO - Grupo de Estudos Oceânicos), Texas A&M University's Nautical Archaeology Program and Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and the University of São Paulo, all under the coordination of Centro Nacional de Arqueologia Náutica e Subaquática, the Portuguese state agency for nautical archaeology. For reasons never explained to the Texas A&M University team, in 2003 the project was reclaimed by CNANS and the excavations continued for another three seasons. For further information on this shipwreck please contact IGESPAR in Portugal: Palácio Nacional da Ajuda 1349 - 021 Lisboa Portugal (tel) +351 213 614 200 (fax) +351 213 637 047 igespar@igespar.pt Aspect of the shipwreck during the works, on July 2002 (Photo: Augusto Salgado) History of the Project   1. Historical Background 4. Arade 1 and Arade 2 Shipwrecks 7. Arade 6 Shipwreck: FPAS' Arade 2 Shipwreck 2. Description of the site 5. Arade 1 Shipwreck 8. The Arade River Artifact Collections 3. Arade River Shipwrecks 6. Arade 2 Shipwreck: CPAS' Arade 2 Shipwreck   2001 Field Season   A Short Account of the Season Catalog of the Arade 1 Site Artifcts 2002 Field Season   1. Team and Logistics Ceiling Planking Pump Well 2. Excavation Filler Pieces Scattered Timbers 3. Upper Portion of the Hull Fastenings Wood Species 4. Keel Caulking Rigging 5. Post Pump Cargo 6. Apron Hull Shape Artifacts Keelson or Maststep Lower Portion of the Hull Concretions Frames Maststep Conclusions Hull Planking Filler Pieces Catalog of the Arade 1 Site Artifacts Bibliography   All Publications   Ship Lab Report 3 - The Site (± 21 Mb)   Ship Lab Report 5 - The Ship (± 5.5 Mb)   Ship Lab Report 6 - Artifact Catalog (± 16.5 Mb)       Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank all the participants in the ProArade project and especially its co-directors: Francisco Alves (CNANS), Alberto Machado (GEO), and Gilson Rambelli (MAE).  It is impossible to name here all those who helped put together this project, the largest underwater archaeology project ever carried out in Portugal. However, I must mention José Sousa, Helder Mendes and Margarida Farrajota for their support and the information about both the mouth of the Arade River and the ships under study.  Finally I must thank the administrations of Marina de Portimão and of Centro Português de Actividades Subaquáticas for their support of this project.