On the Black Sea: Diving Deep
This BBC World Service podcast features an interview with Professor Jon Adams.
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Meet the team at Buckler’s Hard shipwrightery weekend
This weekend, Professor Jon Adams, Dr Julian Whitewright and Rodrigo Ortiz will be at Buckler's Hard in the New Forest as part of the shipwrightery weekend. One of the objectives of this workshop is for our students to learn how to use the tools of the trade to produce the tools marks they will need to interpret as maritime archaeologists. To read more about what the students will be doing, please visit the News section of the Buckler's Hard website (May Bank Holiday Weekend at Buckler's Hard).
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Julian talks about the Kyrenia ship
Dr Julian Whitewright talks about his favourite shipwreck - the Kyrenia ship.
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Our first #FLShipwrecks Tweetchat
For those of you who weren't able to join us on Twitter last night, we have summarised the Tweetchat using Storify.
The next Tweetchat will take place on Thursday 11th February from 20:00-21:00 (GMT).
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Join our Tweetchats
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.
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Jon Adams – a short biography
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.
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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.
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Free maritime archaeology event
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.
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Support #FLShipwrecks with Thunderclap
Ahoy there!
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.
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Meet our facilitators
For the third run of Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds, our facilitators are: (L-R) Crystal Safadi, Dani Newman, Rodrigo Ortiz Vazquez and Ammandeep Mahal.
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.
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