Sections
Archaeological Sciences | Heritage Studies | World Archaeology
Regions
Africa | Americas | Britain | Central Asia | China | Egypt | Europe | Greek | India | Islamic | London | Mediterranean | Middle East | Pacific | Roman | Turkey
Time Periods
Palaeolithic | Neolithic | Bronze Age | Iron Age | Classical | Medieval | Modern
Techniques, subjects and themes
Agriculture | Archaeobotany | Archaeological Survey | Archaeological Theory | Art History | Artefact Analysis | Audio-visual media | Biological Anthropology | Buildings | Community Archaeology | Conflict Archaeology | Conservation | Cultural Heritage | Dendrochronology | Empires | Environment & Climate | Evolutionary Theory | Experimental | Field | Forensic | Geoarchaeology | GIS | History of Archaeology | Human Evolution | Hunting & Herding | Landscape | Lithic Analysis | Maritime | Materials Analysis | Mathematical Modelling | Museum Studies | Photography | Production & Exchange | Public Archaeology | Public Engagement | Ritual & Religion | Site Management | States & Urbanism | Statistical Analysis | Zooarchaeology
Maritime
Maritime archaeology is the specialised study of the physical impact of the marine environment on ancient societies – how fresh and salt water environments, from far inland to the most distant reaches of the oceans, influenced people from prehistory to the present day, and how this influence is reflected in surviving material culture. A sub-discipline of archaeology, it sometimes involves the application of specialised tools and techniques in the pursuit of ‘underwater archaeology’, the technical practice of exploring submerged archaeological sites. The marine zone has influenced nearly every culture in the history of the world, and maritime archaeology is thus central to the discipline of archaeology.
Research
Projects
- Gresham Ship Project
- Joan du Plat-Taylor Project
- The Making of the Middle Sea
- Marine Aggregates and Archaeology
- Maritime Archaeology in Contemporary Society
- Ships and Shipping in Medieval Manuscripts
People
Degrees
Courses
graduate
- Mediterranean Dynamics
- Mediterranean Prehistory
- Underwater Archaeology: Techniques and Methods
- Global Issues in Maritime Archaeology
