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(BSc Hons Archaeology, University of Nottingham; MSc Hons Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton).
My passion for archaeology stems from my travels; in Asia, Africa and Europe, I have acquired a taste of the richness of different cultures and traditions. I wanted to understand how these amazing cultures developed over the centuries and provide us with the diversity that we see in the modern world. My undergraduate archaeology course opened my mind to the intriguing relics of the ancient world and to the study of artefacts and physical remains to gain insight into the past. It was however my involvement, in the underwater excavation of a 17th century shipwreck that sparked passion for maritime archaeology.
I am fascinated by the wealth of information that lies, preserved, underwater. Over the last year, my MSc course has not only given me a firm foundation in the field of maritime archaeology, it has also been extremely enjoyable and fulfilling, prompting me to want to continue my research and undertake a PhD. Having worked with the artefact collections of 17th century shipwrecks, held at the National Museum of Bermuda for both my undergraduate and masters’ dissertations, I am now expanding on this research. Bermuda is a unique example as its waters hold a vast database of shipwrecks of differing cultures. I am currently exploring this resource in order to learn more about the maritime exploits of 17th century England.
The Shipwrecks and Submerged World’s course really is a great introduction to the intriguing field that is maritime archaeology. I greatly look forward to all of your comments and feedback over the next few weeks and wish you all fair winds and following seas as you chart this course.
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I am the Director of Archaeology for the Albanian Center for Marine Research and one of the Field Directors for the Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program. Together with my ACMR and ICEP colleagues I teach international field schools along some of the beautiful and historically important coastline in the world with partners like the regional UNESCO Centre, the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia. The main course photo is one of the incredible sites located along the Adriatic coast.
I also find underwater caves to be enormously interesting. As the underwater archaeologist for the Cave Archaeology Investigation & Research Network (CAIRN) I am editing a book titled The Archaeology of Underwater Caves, due out this fall.
In 2011, I returned to university to pursue a PhD at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at University of Southampton, though I continue my work with the ACMR and CAIRN. My PhD research examines innovation and technological change, primarily through examining an ancient naval battlefield recently discovered off the coast of Sicily by the Soprintendenza Del Mare and RPM Nautical Foundation, where I am a research associate. Using the latest methods, I am reverse engineering the warship rams and conducting impact testing to figure out how precisely these ancient weapons worked. Impact testing consists of smashing exact replicas of the rams together – science and archaeology!
You can find me on Twitter @peterbcampbell, where I’m often discussing underwater research or engaging in archaeological debates on topics like treasure hunting, the Santa Maria, why Hitler stole art (and why culture is a target during conflict), and the illicit antiquities trade. You can read my papers on Academia.edu or find my current projects at my website. Also head over to MaritimeArchaeology.com and to Institute for Archaeologists Maritime Affairs Group, two websites I help run, to find out the latest on the underwater research!
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Hello! My name is Danielle Newman and I am currently working towards a PhD in Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
My work focuses on how theories and models of public engagement are currently being applied to maritime archaeology. I look at how academics think maritime archaeologists are communicating with the public and then go and interview people who are working on engagement programmes to see how theory is being applied. Hopefully, my research will present a better picture of how to make maritime archaeology more accessible and people more engaged in their maritime heritage.
Prior to beginning my PhD research I completed an MSc in Maritime Archaeology from the University of Southampton and a BSc in Archaeology from Cardiff University. I also hold a BFA in Photography from the University of Saskatchewan.
I have worked on a variety of maritime based programs, included the Centre for Maritime Archaeology’s Montenegro research project in 2012 and the Southampton Maritime Festival in 2013. I am also a volunteer on the Maritime Archaeology Trust maritime bus.
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Esther Unterweger, Karl-Franzen University Graz, Austria and University of Southampton, England
(BA Art History, MA Provincial Archaeology and Maritime Archaeology, Scientific Diver)
While studying Art History in Austria (Karl-Franzens University of Graz) and in Spain (University of Valencia) I developed an interest and later on passion for Archaeology. During my MA in Archaeology in Austria I focused on Provincial Archaeology especially in the provinces of North Africa and Asia Minor. My dissertation was on the Punic-Roman town of Gigthis, Tunisia and dealt with the transition and exchange of pre-Roman and Roman culture.
In the past years I was able to accumulate some experience in terrestrial archaeology. I participated in various projects and worked on prehistoric sites in Austria; pre-Roman excavations in South-Italy; ancient Greek city walls in Turkey; Mayan temples in Belize and many more.
Initially, diving was a leisure activity to me, but I soon discovered that the underwater world had more to offer. Exploring shipwrecks with their cargos and inundated settlements provides scientists with unique insights and information into past human activities. This realisation turned my former hobby into a further step in my education when I started my MA in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton in 2013. Now I focus on Bronze Age maritime trade relations especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, piracy in the 16th and 17th century and contiguous Palaeo-Landscape reconstructions.
- Twitter account: @EstherUnterwege
- FutureLearn profile: https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/284061
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program, writing the dissertation, and have to say this past year has been an incredible experience. My Masters’ research focuses on the topographic characteristics of ancient Bronze Age and Phoenician harbour sites in the Levant, and the maritime conditions (winds/waves) under which they operated. For my Ph.D., starting October 2014, I am undertaking a research on the maritime cultural landscapes of the northern coast of Lebanon. A topic that bridges the material evidence for human activity from land and sea, and is based on several components, archaeological, environmental, historical, and anthropological.
I’ve been involved in several archaeological projects in Lebanon, mostly excavations of Bronze age and Iron Age settlements, and in an underwater survey at the site of Anfeh. In summer I’m taking part in underwater excavations at the site of an 18th c. wreck in Deltebre Spain, and an Ottoman shipwreck in Paralimni, Cyprus.
I’m always keen on developing skills that are useful in research such as the use of Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, and geophysical data processing and interpretation. I’m looking forward to engaging with everyone on this course and hope you get the most out of it.
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My name’s Thomas Dhoop and I am a maritime archaeologist. I am one of the facilitators on the ‘Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds’ course. I was educated as an archaeologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium (BA and MA in archaeology) and specialised in maritime archaeology at the University of Southampton (MA in maritime archaeology). I have participated in several archaeological digs in Flanders and from 2010 until 2012, I took part in the excavations of the Roman site Sagalassos in Burdur, Turkey. I also worked on the ‘Kogge Project‘ in Antwerp, recording and 3D modelling archaeological ship timbers of the cog finds from Doel.
Currently, I am undertaking Ph.D. research on the impact of maritime commerce and trade on urban development in 12th to 14th century northern Europe at the University of Southampton. On this project, I am collaborating with the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde (Denmark).
My main research focuses on the impact of medieval commerce and seafaring on urban topology in northern Europe. Next to this, I study the construction and design principles underpinning clinker-built ships and the preservation and dissemination of (shipbuilding) knowledge. Another interest of mine lies in the study of Bronze Age connectivity, where I am currently focussing on the relationships between the peoples of the Scheldt and Leie basins (Belgium) and their neighbours across the Channel.
If you would like to read more about my research you can follow me on my Maritime Archaeology Blog.
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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. Answering questions related to these themes is complex, requiring knowledge of a variety of techniques and an ability to work both on land and underwater. This means that my job never gets dull, and that the questions I am interested in are relevant across the globe, and have significance for how we think about the present and future, as well the past.
While my passion is for understanding the changes which occurred both socially and culturally in North West Europe over the last 12,000 years (particularly in the period 12,000 – 4000 years ago) and the amazing potential of submerged landscapes, I am increasingly interested in how changes over this period played out in other regions. Recently this has seen me working on the pacific coasts of South and North America. I’ll also admit to a creeping interest in earlier periods (the submerged Palaeolithic landscapes of North West Europe), as well as shipwrecks…
The other important part of my job at the University of Southampton is teaching undergraduates and postgraduates about maritime archaeology and geoarchaeology. I currently coordinate the MA/MSc in Maritime Archaeology and supervise a number of PhDs on maritime, geoarchaeological and prehistoric themes.
If you’d like to read about one of my current research projects you can follow me on twitter (@FSturt), or take a look at the Neolithic Stepping Stones website, run in conjunction with Duncan Garrow at the University of Reading.
I am looking forward to hearing peoples’ thoughts and ideas on the course!
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