Cannabis And The Colour Purple Dive & Dig Blog by Lauren Tidbury In episode four of Dive & Dig we wanted to explore what happens to a ship when it sinks and what conservation and analysis techniques can be used to preserve and better understand a site. As you can imagine that is a great deal of content […]
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The Phoenicians: “The Amazon Prime Of The Ancient Mediterranean” Dive & Dig Blog by Lauren Tidbury For episode three of Dive & Dig we wanted to show that maritime archaeology isn’t just about shipwrecks! Throughout the series we have been exploring the Phoencian Shipwreck off Malta being investigated by Timmy Gambin and his team. So
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Four projects receive funding through the latest Small Grants Award scheme Twice a year the Foundation opens the Small Grant Award to support the development of maritime archaeology. In the recent round four projects were successful; 1 – Professor Sidebotham was awarded funding under the Regional Research category, the project is called ‘Berenike: Excavations at
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Excavations in the Kition-Bamboula harbor (Cyprus) – 2021 – 2022 Dr Sabine Fourrier From 1984 until 1999, the French archaeological mission at Kition (modern Larnaka, Cyprus) conducted extensive excavations in the ancient harbor area of the city, at the site of Bamboula, under the supervision of Marguerite Yon. Now located at some distance from the
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Sourcing the Zea Limani Stone Anchors, Piraeus, Greece: New data for identifying shipbuilding locations and ancient Mediterranean sailing routes – 2021 Dr Patrick Quinn and Dr Margie Burton This project will investigate the raw material sources of a distinctive type of ancient stone anchor that was originally highlighted by Honor Frost in the 1980s. This
Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology – 2021 Dr Sara Rich and Dr Peter Campbell Contemporary philosophy is making significant impacts on archaeological research, especially through prominent philosophers Graham Harman and Levi Bryant engaging directly with archaeologists. The aim of this application is to publish an edited volume that makes contemporary philosophy relevant to maritime archaeology
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Berenike: An Ancient Red Sea Port The Ptolemaic-Roman (3rd c. BC-6th c. AD) Egyptian Red Sea port of Berenike was a pivotal nexus in the network linking Europe, Africa and Asia and the Mediterranean world via the Red Sea/Indian Ocean basin. Maritime and terrestrial routes met at Berenike to transfer products, people and ideas across
All About the Bottom Time Dive & Dig Blog by Lauren Tidbury Episode Two of Dive & Dig – “All About the Bottom Time” – was equally fun and fascinating to work on. We decided to further explore technology and how this has been used in the field of maritime archaeology to discover and document
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NAS Online Course – Hulk Recording On the 20th February 2021 the Foundation funded five students and researchers from the HFF region to attend the NAS online hulk recording course ‘Knackered boats and how to record them’. The course was run by Ian Cundy, Grant Bettinson and Andy Sherman. The course covered recording and identification
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Anna Demetriou – 2021-2023 University of Cyprus Post Doctoral Fellowship From the 1960s onwards, significant advances have been achieved in the theories and methodologies applied in the research and management of ancient shipwrecks, the most commonly and thoroughly investigated type of underwater archaeological remains. Their characteristics as archaeological source material, as well as the conditions
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