News feedsCMA – Current Maritime Field Projects
The Centre for Maritime Archaeology runs or collaborates in a number of maritime projects in the UK and internationally as far afield as India, Scandinavia, the Channel Islands and Bermuda. These employ a wide range of archaeological diving and marine geological techniques.
Guernsey
Diver survey in the waters around Guernsey
Excavation and survey (above and underwater) of an eighteenth century shipyard at Buckler's Hard.
The survey and recording of a sunken English brig in Sweden.
Investigation of an early 16th century warship in Sweden.
The Langstone Harbour project
The archaeology of Langstone Harbour from the Mesolithic to the postmedieval period. (Multi-disciplinary and collaborative).
Acoustic Methods in Marine Archaeology
Research into high resolution digital sub-bottom profiling. (Carried out by the High Resolution Marine Seismology Group (Archaeology, Oceanography and Geology).
Saxon Fish Weirs in the Blackwater Estuary, Essex
The Acoustic Characteristics of Archaeological Wooden Material in the Marine Environment
Lacustrine Archaeology: Potential Indicators for Recent Crustal Movements
A Swedish Case Study: Lake Vattern
Pudding Pan - Roman shipwrecks project
Modelling of Scour around Shipwrecks
A research project exploring prehistoric activity in the channel islands.
The Amsterdam Project
Interdisciplinary survey of the wrecksite of the Amsterdam (1749) with a view to developing a long term management and protection plan.
The Als project
Maritime Landscape in Denmark - context of the Hjortspring boat. (JD Hill, Marie-Louise Sorensen, Sam Lucy).