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New Maritime Archaeological Research Agenda Published

People and the Sea: A Maritime Archaeological Research Agenda for England Edited by J Ransley and F Sturt, with J Dix, J Adams and L Blue Council for British Archaeology, Research Reports 171 Britain is a maritime nation. Thus understanding the changing record of people’s relationships with, and use of, the sea is key to interpreting the archaeological record. Continue reading →

Contemplating the necessity for international collaboration in maritime research

This has been a busy week. Instead of writing the dreaded chapter for a gazetteer, this week has been filled with meetings and seminars from visiting scholars undertaking maritime research around the globe. The arrival of our colleagues from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA), the University of Western Australia, Thessaloniki University (Greece) and Yokohama National University (Japan) has been coincidental; we were not hosting an international symposium or congress. Continue reading →

Inter-tidal and underwater survey methods – a busy week

It has been a busy week in the centr,e with numerous talks by visiting speakers and more practical instruction on the MA/MSc programme. This has seen discussion of advances in AUV technology for extensive and intensive surveys, photogrammetric techniques (onland and underwater) and RTI applications. Continue reading →

The Portus Project: Surveys, Simulations, and Story Telling

As we start this new blog about the Archaeology department at Southampton we thought we would provide some introductions to research that we are currently working on. I have started by writing about Portus. The Portus Project has been surveying, excavating, simulating and presenting the Roman port of Portus (Fiumicino) for more than a decade. Continue reading →

Interested in Roman ports and harbours?

The Centre for Maritime Archaeology (CMA) at the University of Southampton has carried out lots of exciting projects relating to ports and the maritime past. The CMA hosts a team of specialists who undertake research into ancient shipwrecks of Roman and Medieval trade, they explore ports and harbours within and beyond the Mediterranean shores, along the Red Sea coast and within the Indian Ocean. Continue reading →

CMA Summer Fieldwork Seminar Series

The CMA Research Group is hosting a Summer Fieldwork Seminar Series to highlight the work of CMA faculty and students over the past year. 10/9 Dr. Fraser Sturt – Archaeology Underwater? Recent fieldwork on the Pleistocene Landscape 10/16 Scott Tucker (PhD Student) – St. Mary’s River Archaeological Project: 2012 fieldwork season results: Click here to view this talk. Continue reading →

Welcome

Welcome to the 2012 MA/MSc in Maritime Archaeology cohort. We look forward to meeting you during the induction week. Continue reading →

3D Imaging for Archaeology using Structure Light Technology: Dr. Chris Begley: April 25th, 10:30am

The Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Seminar series continues on April 25 at 10:30 in the Burgess Building, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton: ’3D Imaging for Archaeology using Structured Light Technology: Developments in Systems for Remote Areas, Hostile Environments, and Maritime Archaeology’ Christopher Begley, Ph.D. Continue reading →

Living the life aquatic: a maritime archaeological odyssey – April 5th

With Titanic mania sweeping Southampton this month in memory of the 100th anniversary of its demise, Dr Helen Farr will provide a whirlwind tour of the development of seafaring and maritime activity from its origins in the Pleistocene, and our ancestors’ first open water crossings, to the cutting edge technology that maritime archaeologists deploy today. Continue reading →

Tides across space: new approaches in understanding maritime cultural landscape dynamics

Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz, a PhD student in maritime archaeology here in Southampton, will be presenting his paper on Tides across space at the CAA 2012 conference this week. Continue reading →

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