Ancient Maritime Dynamics – 2017 Dr Matthew Harpster The Ancient Maritime Dynamics (AMD) program is a suite of investigations that are refining the use and application of maritime archaeological data to reconstruct the life of the Mediterranean maritime community in antiquity. Whereas other components of AMD are comparing our archaeological narrative of maritime life to […]
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Maritime Archaeology Outreach Project (Bahar) Nada Nofal 2019 – 2021 2021 – Ongoing 2019 – 2021 Egypt has significant, and unique underwater cultural heritage, however, there is an evident lack of public knowledge and awareness of maritime archaeology in Egypt. Hence, the Maritime Archaeology Outreach Project (MAOP) aims to introduce children to the field of
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3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology – 2019 Jonathan Benjamin The volume, 3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology was successfully completed and published as part of Springer Nature’s Coastal Research Library, launched in April 2019. It contains 14 peer-reviewed chapters by some of the leading experts on the application of spatial technologies for
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Application of enhanced satellite remote sensing techniques to broad-scale maritime cultural heritage research and management in the eastern Mediterranean – 2018 Kieran Westley (School of Geography & Environmental Sciences, Ulster University) Introduction Aerial and satellite remote sensing play a key role in archaeological research and heritage management by enabling rapid cost-effective site prospection, landscape characterization,
DNA from the Wine-Dark Sea – 2017 Lisa Briggs ‘DNA from the Wine-Dark Sea’ sought to assess whether DNA analysis can be effectively used to identify past vessel contents in amphorae and other ceramic vessels recovered from ancient shipwrecks. Prior studies (Hansson and Foley 2008; Foley et al 2012) had claimed that by both destructive
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In situ conservation of cannons in marine environment: cathodic protection, cleaning treatment and coverage with geotextiles – 2016 Flavia Puoti This project aimed to study a comprehensive conservation plan for archaeological iron in seawater and using cathodic protection as the main conservation technique. Nine cast iron cannons were discovered in 2000 just off the coast
The Underwater Cultural Heritage of the city of Nora (Sardinia). Phoenician and Punic finds from the explorations of Michel Cassien – 2015 Emanuele Madrigali The project was awarded an Honor Frost Foundation grant in 2015. The research received logistic support from the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padova and the permission of
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