Maritime Archaeology Archives - Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds

Professor Jon Adams Teatime Lecture

In October 2014, Professor Jon Adams delivered a short lecture to students aged 16-19 at University of Southampton. If you would like an introduction to maritime archaeology then this video is for you... Continue reading →

Summary of our second maritime archaeology Tweetchat

Here is a summary of the discussions that took place in our Tweetchat this evening: Don't forget to join us next week using... Continue reading →

Engaging people with maritime archaeology across the globe

We are now just about ready to press go on the next run of the shipwrecks course. This will be the third time we have run the programme, and it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on what we’ve learnt, what we hope to achieve in this next run and … to get feedback on what people think might be good to do next. First, some numbers. Continue reading →

From Myth to Reality: The submerged heritage of Mahabalipuram, India

Mahabalipuram, a UNESCO World Heritage site located on the Tamil Nadu coast of India, is world-renowned for its cave temples, Pallava era art and architecture (8th century AD) & shore temple. Local myth was that the shore temple was once part of a much larger temple structure which featured seven pagodas. Continue reading →

Ships and Shorelines – Maritime Archaeology Conference

Ships and Shorelines: Maritime Archaeology for the 21st Century 16-18 October 2015 Avenue Campus, University of Southampton The Royal Anthropological Institute's annual conference is open to everyone with an interest in archaeology - and this year the theme is 'Ships and Shorelines: Maritime Archaeology for the 21st Century'. Continue reading →

Discussion about ethics in relation to Maritime Archaeology

On Thursday 30th October 2014, the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds team took part in a Google Hangout on ethics and Maritime Archaeology. This video recording of the hangout features subtitles, and a downloadable transcript is available: Google Hangout on ethics transcript Transcript of discussion on ethics and maritime archaeology Fraser: OK, hello, potentially lots or few people – we really don’t know who is out there. Continue reading →

Your relationship with the Sea.

We want to know about your views on maritime archaeology in your part of the world, whether that’s Britain or Bahrain, Europe or Uruguay. One of the most exciting parts of the MOOC for the team at Southampton is the opportunity to hear more about people’s experience of and views about maritime archaeology and maritime heritage around the world. Continue reading →

Have you found any gold yet? Misconceptions in Maritime Archaeology

Any field of work attracts misconceptions, but the romance and mystery of maritime archaeology provides the perfect bed for a wide range of assumptions about what maritime archaeology covers, what we can learn through the material record and how we go about making discoveries. What we aren’t Maritime archaeology is the study of people’s changing relationship with the sea and connected waterways through material they left behind. Continue reading →

Dutch Schooner the Fenna

Dutch Schooner Fenna lost 11th March 1881. Video footage courtesy of New Forest National Park Authority. http://youtu.be/6rs7nHNl5tk With thanks to the Maritime Archaeology Trust (formerly The Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology) for the use of their archive footage. The Fenna was a two-masted Dutch schooner of 172 tons constructed of timber in 1863. En route to Italy from the Netherlands, severe weather conditions caused the 18 year old vessel to leak badly. Continue reading →

Material seas

In the last week I’ve spent an improbably large amount of time thinking about various philosophical conceptions of maritime space. This is due partly to Monday’s British Waters and Beyond: The cultural significance of the sea since 1800 at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, and partly to my increasing obsession with sailing directions. Continue reading →

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