The next Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Group seminar on fieldwork presentations is by our own faculty member Fraser Sturt. The talk is entitled “Sea-level and Society in Southern Peru” and will take place Tuesday November 19, at 11:15 am, in the CMA lecture room Building 65b. The seminar will …
The CMA Research Group is hosting a series of fieldwork presentations covering this summer’s maritime archaeology work by the CMA faculty and students. Presentations are taking place in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Building 65b, on the following dates: Tuesday October 22, 11:15am Peter Campbell (PhD Student)- Roman Warships and …
The Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program (ICEP) underwater sciences field school traveled from Croatia (the topic of my previous blog post) to the Regional Center for Underwater Demining (RCUD). The RCUD is the top commercial diving and training facility in Montenegro. Students explored the rich maritime cultural heritage around Kotor Bay, …
Ship Remains Identified in the St. Mary’s River Working and pleasure boats have plied Maryland waters for centuries. No one knows how many wrecked or abandoned ships lay hidden In Maryland’s rivers and bays. One suspected underwater site that was first mapped in 1994 gave up some of its secrets …
The Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program (ICEP) is an interdisciplinary underwater sciences field school exploring the eastern Adriatic coastline through archaeology, ecology, and geology. The field school partners with leading research centers in each Balkan country such as the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Croatia (ICUA) and the Regional Center for Underwater …
On February 19th, 1758 the HMS Invincible set sail out of Portsmouth Harbor for Canada to join the British fleet to fight the French. Unfortunately, due to a domino effect of extraordinary bad luck, she ran aground on Horse Tail Sand not far from the harbor. Invincible was a French …
I’ve been working on Reflectance Transformation Image capture in a sub-aquatic environment. On 2 May, 2013 the first ever PTM file from an RTI dataset captured entirely underwater was successfully processed in the Archaeological Computing Research Group computer lab at the University of Southampton using RTIBuilder software. Images were captured in …
Digital Boat Recording: The Latest Technologies The University of Southampton Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Archaeological Computing Research Group, with the support of the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, are pleased to announce a workshop on ‘Digital Boat Recording: the latest technologies’, that will be held at the University of …
People and the Sea: A Maritime Archaeological Research Agenda for England Edited by J Ransley and F Sturt, with J Dix, J Adams and L Blue Council for British Archaeology, Research Reports 171 Britain is a maritime nation. Thus understanding the changing record of people’s relationships with, and use of, …
It has been a busy week in the centr,e with numerous talks by visiting speakers and more practical instruction on the MA/MSc programme. This has seen discussion of advances in AUV technology for extensive and intensive surveys, photogrammetric techniques (onland and underwater) and RTI applications. This year’s students should now …