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 …
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 …
Welcome to the 2012 MA/MSc in Maritime Archaeology cohort. Â We look forward to meeting you during the induction week.
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. Transylvania University and University …
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 …
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. Read more
Dr Lucy Blue takes part in CNN discussion of the historical shipwreck salvage business in the US.  Deep sea treasure hunters may evoke storybook images of swashbuckling buccaneers on daring ocean adventures.  For those in the rapidly expanding sector of marine archeology however, scouring the depths of the sea for sunken …