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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 →

Providing virtual access to fieldwork

We have learned that a Student Centredness grant application that the Portus Project was a partner on has been funded. The bid led by Dr Rex Taylor will design, test and evaluate a methodology for virtual fieldwork that will be appropriate to disciplines with fieldwork components from across the University. The resulting environment will be particularly suited to students who are limited in their ability to participate in fieldwork projects, for mobility, visual or other reasons. Continue reading →

Discovery of massive building at Portus

Archaeologists from the University of Southampton and the British School at Rome working at Portus under the direction of Professor Simon Keay, working in conjunction with others from the Cooperativa Parsifal (Rome), have discovered a massive building at the maritime port of Imperial Rome, near Rome’s international airport which they believe may have played a role in shipbuilding centred at the port. Continue reading →

New excavation season has started

The fourth season of excavation at Portus takes place between late March and early May 2011. As in previous years these have been undertaken by the University of Southampton, in conjunction with the British School at Rome and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The area chosen for excavation lies to the south of areas excavated in previous years, but still within the confines of the Palazzo Imperiale. Continue reading →