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Archaeology has close collaborative links with several other disciplines 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 Disciplines 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 National Oceanography Centre. The Trust is autonomous but has very close ties with the Discipline 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 Discipline 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 (NAS). Many of Archaeology's field projects and MA/MSc course units have inbuilt 1, 2 or 4 day practical modules in which specific skills are introduced. These also function as NAS Part III courses for those who want to gain NAS accreditation while doing the MA/MSc course. As the Institute of 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.
The British Museum
The CMA is involved in a number of collaborative projects with the British Museum, notably The Red Sea Shipwreck Survey and a programme of Maritime Technology Workshops in India.
The University of Ulster
The CMA has collaborated with the University of Ulster on projects in Egypt and Africa.
The Viking Ship Museum Roskilde, Denmark
The CMA has close links with the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, with MA and MSc students particpating in a joint study course in Denmark each year.
The Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, University of Alexandria, Egypt
The Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage was established as a European Union project under the EU-Tempus III Programme. The EU Tempus programme supports the modernisation of higher education, mainly through university cooperation projects, therefore, the centre was created through collaboration between eight consortium institutions from the EU and Egypt who among them provided the necessary academic, technical and administrative expertise required for the establishment of the centre. The University of Southampton was one of these key institutions and the CMA maintains close collaborative ties with CMAUCH through initiatives such as the Lake Mareotis research project.
Kerala Council for Historical Research, India
The CMA maintains strong research links KCHR which has supported CMA ethnographic and doctoral research projects in southern India. The CMA is currently collaborating with KCHR and the British Museum on a programme of Maritime Technology Workshops in India.
The CMA is also collaborating with the Museum of Bar on the Montenegrin Maritime Archaeological Rescue Project.