Year: 2014
updated link for part 2 of the modelling potential workshop
Part 2 of the meeting will be webcast at: http://coursecast.soton.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=e1a3a5df-1d6c-4be3-8315-4c138411e88d
Modelling the potential for submerged prehistoric archaeology
This wednesday as part of an English Heritage funded project we will be holding a workshop to discuss different options open to archaeologists when considering the potential for submerged prehistoric remains.  The session will draw together practitioners from the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands to discuss their experiences and ideas on …
‘What is a boat? Materials and moments’ Seminar on 27th Feb.
The next Departmental Seminar on Thursday Feb 27th, 5-6pm, will see Jesse Ransley discussing material stories and boats: What is a boat? Materials and moments. Subodh Gupta’s 2012 sculpture ‘What does the vessel contain, that the river does not’ is a kettuvallam, a ‘sewn’ boat from Kerala, filled with …
St. Mary’s River Archaeological Project – Findings from the 2013 field season, by Scott Tucker
Scott Tucker, postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton, will give a talk on his maritime research and fieldwork. This Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Group seminar will take place on Thursday, January 30, at 14:00 in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology lecture room (Building 65b). A live broadcast is …
MA/MSc Maritime Archaeologists’ trip to Falmouth (boat recording)
Day 1: On November 15th, twenty-something intrepid archaeologists began their journey to deepest, darkest Cornwall. The trip got off to a fairly inauspicious start, with one person being left behind. Nevertheless, in true archaeological spirit, we soldiered on. Following a long yet fairly uneventful drive, we made it to Falmouth. …
Things have to change: Iron Age boat building traditions in Northern Europe,by Rodrigo Pachecho Ruiz
The Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Group presentations will resume on January 28th at 4 pm, in the CMA lecture room. Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz (PhD student) will present his work on Iron Age boat Building. The presentation will also be broadcasted on this link http://coursecast.soton.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=b6af216d-a054-4497-a051-f39f55324d21 Abstract:After the boom of prehistoric …