Fraser Sturt

Engaging people with maritime archaeology across the globe

We are now just about ready to press go on the next run of the shipwrecks course. This will be the third time we have run the programme, and it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on what we’ve learnt, what we hope to achieve in this next run and … to get feedback on what people think might be good to do next. First, some numbers. Continue reading →

Tybrind Vig – submerged site

In this short video, Fraser explains why Tybrind Vig is his favourite submerged landscape. Tybrind Vig was the first submerged settlement excavated in Denmark between 1977 and 1987. The settlement is located 300m from the shore and 3m below the surface. Divers excavated well-preserved artefacts from the Ertebølle Culture. A large kitchen midden was also found. Continue reading →

Funded PhD: Mapping potential wreck sites with seafloor data – scientific, social and legal considerations

Funded PhD: Mapping potential wreck sites with seafloor data – scientific, social and legal considerations

Funded PhD: Mapping potential wreck sites with seafloor data – scientific, social and legal considerations

Funded PhD: Mapping potential wreck sites with seafloor data – scientific, social and legal considerations

We are very happy to announce a fully funded PhD studentship for UK/EU students as part of the Marine and Maritime Futures Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship scheme at the University of Southampton. If you have an excellent academic track record, are looking for a stimulating and challenging transdisciplinary project in a world class research environment please read on for further details on how to apply ... Continue reading →

Plan the dive, dive the plan: Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds (2nd run)

It’s with a strange mixture of excitement and trepidation that we’re gearing up for the next run of the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds course (which starts on Monday 25th May). The first run last year was an incredibly positive experience. We had no idea what to expect, or an understanding of how people would react to the content we had created. From my experience working out on site and doing lectures for different societies, I thought that there would be a good level of interest. Continue reading →

T – 24 hours

After a lot of hard work by a huge number of people the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds course goes live tomorrow. I and my colleagues have been spending the weekend reading through the different elements trying to iron out any minor issues, all the while thinking about how it will be received. At points while we were putting this together it felt like we'd taken on an impossible challenge. Continue reading →

1978 to present day: Muckelroy and Maritime Archaeology

Keith Muckelroy and Maritime Archaeology It's hard to conceive of the numerous ways in which our world has changed since 1978. We’ve seen the rise and fall of technologies (VHS tapes, audio cassettes) the transformation of global politics (the fall of the Berlin Wall) and the emergence of new ways of communicating via the web. Continue reading →

Fraser Sturt – a short biography

Hello, I am Fraser Sturt and I am one of the educators on the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds course. I am a maritime archaeologist with specialisms in prehistory, geoarchaeology and advanced computational techniques. Essentially I am interested in how people's relationship with the world's oceans and seas has changed through time; from the impact of changing sea-levels on population and resource distribution through to the connections created through seafaring. Continue reading →

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