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Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell

I am a facilitator for the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds MOOC. I am also a PhD student at University of Southampton, head underwater archaeologist for the nonprofit CAIRN, and archaeological director for the Albanian Center for Marine Research.

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Ships and Shorelines: Maritime Archaeology for the 21st Century, 16-18 October 2015

The Royal Archaeological Institute’s annual conference will be held at the University of Southampton and titled Ships and Shore-lines: Maritime Archaeology for the 21st Century on 16 – 18 October 2015. Organised by the Royal Archaeological Institute, in association with the University of Southampton Lifelong Learning Programme and the Centre for Maritime Archaeology. Continue reading →

A place for submerged aircraft in maritime archaeology?

In this post, maritime archaeologist Tony Burgess examines the growing sub-field of aviation archaeology. When one thinks of maritime archaeology, the first images conjured up are those of shipwrecks, and maybe harbours and submerged landscapes, but (perhaps for fairly obvious reasons) rarely of submerged aircraft, and yet aircraft and all things maritime do share common ground, both literally and theoretically. Continue reading →

Toward an Archaeology of Boarding: Naval Hand-to-Hand Combat Tactics in Northwestern Europe in the 16th Century

In this blog post, maritime archaeologist Rolf W. Fabricius explores the forgotten side of naval combat: hand-to-hand boarding action.  Much research has been undertaken over the years to illuminate the use of naval power in European warfare in the past (e.g. Corbett 1905; Paviot 1997; Dickie et al. 2009; Nelson 2001; Rose 2002; Grant 2008; Hildred 2011); yet, there has been surprisingly little written on the subject of naval boarding and hand-to-hand fighting tactics at sea in general. Continue reading →