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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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