An Ocean without History? CMA and SMMI Annual Lecture 24th March 17.45
This year the CMA turns 20, and as such we thought it a good time to take stock and think about what we do well and what we could improve on. Out of this discussion came the desire to shine a brighter light on the research being conducted on maritime heritage (both within the CMA and beyond) and to offer a space within which significant developments can be discussed.
Continue reading →
Funded PhD: Mapping potential wreck sites with seafloor data – scientific, social and legal considerations
We are very happy to announce a fully funded PhD studentship for UK/EU students as part of the Marine and Maritime Futures Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship scheme at the University of Southampton.
Continue reading →
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.
Continue reading →
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 topics including; deposit modelling, predictive modelling and underwater direct evaluation (sampling/trenching etc).
Continue reading →
Archaeological science and the new Stonehenge visitors centre.
The new and long awaited Stonehenge visitor’s centre opens today and archaeological scientists from the University of Southampton have worked on one of the highlights of the new exhibition – the excavated remains and facial reconstruction of a Neolithic individual from the Winterbourne Stoke long barrow situated about a mile from Stonehenge.
Continue reading →