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This BBC World Service podcast features an interview with Professor Jon Adams.
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You can watch Jon explain how medieval seafarers turn trees into boat parts in this video that was filmed at Buckler’s Hard in 2014:
Shipwrightery in Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology
You can also revisit the steps from the course to refresh your memory:
You will be able to speak to Jon, Julian and Rodrigo and pose any questions that you have about traditional boat building or other issues relating to the course.
Read about last year’s event: Recording tool marks at Buckler’s Hard
Apologies
We have had a few technical issues with the blog in the last couple of weeks, which may have resulted in you receiving a number of emails from us. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. We hope that we have now resolved the issue.
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Find out more about the Kyrenia ship at:
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Whilst Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds is live, the team will be hosting 4 tweetchats:
- Thursday 4th February
- Thursday 11th February
- Thursday 18th February
- Thursday 25th February
The chats will take place from 20:00- 21:00 GMT*.
How to take part
- Log in to Twitter by 8pm (GMT).
- Follow the hashtag #FLShipwrecks
- Post any questions or comments that you may have.
- Members of the team and others will respond.
If you do not have a Twitter account, you can still follow the hashtag, but you will not be able to add your comments.
We will post a summary of the discussions on this blog.
How to participate in a Twitter Chat.
Further information
You can follow our Twitter account @UoSShipwrecks
You can also subscribe to a list featuring members of the Shipwrecks team: https://twitter.com/UoSShipwrecks/lists/shipwrecks-course-team
*15:00-16:00 EST
12:00-13:00 PST
7:00-8:00 AEDT
9:00-10:00 NZDT
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Professor Jon Adams is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
Jon is a specialist in maritime archaeology, with interests in ships as manifestations of innovation and social change, and in the practice of archaeology in the coastal zone and under water, particularly the ethics of the developing field of deepwater archaeology.
Jon was a Deputy Director of the Mary Rose Project and has directed several other research excavations including the Amsterdam (UK), and the Sea Venture (Bermuda). He is currently working on medieval and early modern shipwreck sites in Sweden including the Kravel Project, and in Guernsey, as well as prehistoric maritime landscapes in Sweden and the UK. He is Director of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology and a member of the Archaeology Management Group.
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]]>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.
Transcript
Hi! I’m Dr Fraser Sturt and, true to form, I’m not going pick a wreck, but I’m actually going to pick a site – a submerged site – and my favourite submerged site is Tybrind Vig in Denmark. And the reason why it’s my favourite site is the fact that it gave us a huge amount to understanding Mesolithic archaeology through its decorated paddles and log boats. It also demonstrated what submerged worlds can be in an archaeological term. But there’s more than this.
One of the really exciting things about Tybrind Vig is it was actually discovered through a public competition. The magazine ‘Hjemmet’ in 1952 I think it was made a public competition to find earliest submerged site in the waters around Denmark… and this is just when SCUBA was coming in. And so there was a huge movement by people to go out into the waters and look for archaeology and they found truly significant sites which have changed our understanding and how we think of the archaeological record today.
So, Tybrind Vig is an amazing archaeological site. It was a pioneering site in terms of the excavation of submerged prehistoric sites, but it was also a really good example of citizen science. This was found by people interested in their heritage in their waters. So Tybrind Vig, for me, is amazing.
We cover Tybrind Vig in more detail in Week 4 of Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds and Helen has also posted a video answering questions that were posed about this topic.
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Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds educator, Dr Julian Whitewright, will be giving a talk on maritime archaeology at Southampton Cafe Scientifique:
Introduction to ship archaeology, metallurgical analysis of copper/brass material for dating, dendrochronology, conservation and so on
Date: Monday 8th February 2016
Time: 19:00 for talk 19:30 to 21:00.
Venue: Southwestern Arms (upstairs room) , 36 Adelaide Rd, St Denys, Southampton, SO17 2HW
Cost: Entry by a purchase at the bar or by donation in the tin, for the venue facilities.
There will be plenty of time for questions and answers, so please feel free to come along with your queries.
This event is relatively informal, so it will not be possible for it to be live-streamed.
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]]>The Shipwrecks Team would to raise awareness of our free course, ahead of its third run starting on Monday 1st February. Since you’ve liked us enough to visit our blog, we are inviting you to add your Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr support.
It couldn’t be easier to help us get the word out. We are using a platform called Thunderclap to share our message on Twitter and Facebook.
What is Thunderclap?
It’s a website that allows people to pledge a Tweet or Facebook message or Tumblr post that will be released at the same time on the same day. Think of it as a massive flash mob on social media. It’s completely safe and will automatically post just one message on your behalf.
How can I help?
It takes 5 seconds to join. Click on this link and choose either “Support with Twitter”, “Support with Facebook”, “Support with Tumblr” – or all three! Then, add your name to the Thunderclap, and that’s it!
On Monday January 27th at 5pm (GMT) everyone that has signed up will automatically have the same message posted on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The message includes a link to the initial course page that gives people information about our course and also it is where they can sign up.
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To find out more about the facilitators, click on our interactive image.
Crystal, Dani, Rodrigo and Ammandeep will be responding to queries posted by learners in ‘Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds’, as well as taking part in our weekly TweetChats. It’s great that we have a truly diverse group of mentors (from Lebanon, Canada, Mexico and UK) who also have very different research interests.
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