Departmental and Institutional Collaborative Links

The Department of Archaeology has close collaborative links with several other departments in the University, as well as to other bodies in the locality:

The National Oceanography Centre

Major collaborative teaching and research links have been established with this centre - and in particular with the Departments of Oceanography and Geology. The most notable result of this association has been the formation of the High Resolution Marine Seismology Group which is currently completing a three year NERC funded programme of research into the use of digital sub-bottom profiling systems for imaging buried archaeological material. This project has resulted in several publications in refereed journals.

Other Departments with which close links are established include Law, and Ship Science.

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology

The HWTMA is a charitable trust resident within the University, based at the Southampton Oceanography Centre. The Trust is autonomous but has very close ties with the Department of Archaeology with which it collaborates in many of its field projects. The link is a particularly successful one, benefiting the educational and research aims of both bodies.

Mary Rose Trust

The Department has developed close links with the Mary Rose Trust in both research and teaching. The MA/MSc in maritime archaeology offers a course in marine conservation run in conjunction with the Trust, as well as focusing on the Trust as a case study for aspects of heritage management and museology.

Nautical Archaeology Society

The CMA also has close links with the Nautical Archaeology Society. Many of the Departmental fieldprojects and MA/MSc course units have inbuilt 1, 2 or 4 day practical modules in which specific skills are introduced. These also function as Nautical Archaeology Society Part III courses for those who want to gain NAS accreditation while doing the MA/MSc course. As the Institute of Field Archaeologists now recognise NAS Part III as equivalent to 24 months fieldwork for those seeking entry, there is a professional incentive for having NAS qualifications.