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Centre for Maritime Archaeology

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Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Miss Abigail Darville

Research interests

  • Community Archaeology and Heritage Management 
  • Underwater and Maritime Cultural Heritage Manamgent in The Bahamas  
  • Capacity Development 

Email: aad1n19@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +447575043242

Address: B65b, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Dr Crystal El Safadi

Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology

Research interests

  • Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring
  • Maritime Cultural Heritage
  • Geospatial Data and Mapping

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.el-safadi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Mr Felix Pedrotti

SMMI-CMMI Marine and Maritime SRA

Research interests

  • Development of new techniques in recording underwater environments
  • Combining terrestrial and underwater datasets
  • Visualisation of digital datasets

Professor Fraser Sturt

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • Maritme Archaeology
  • Geomatics
  • Evaluation methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: f.sturt@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Dr Georgia Andreou

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Eastern Mediterranean

Email: g.m.andreou@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Dr Helen Farr

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Seafaring
  • Submerged Palaeo Landscapes
  • Maritime Heritage

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.h.farr@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Dr Jack Pink

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • I am a Maritime Archaeologist primarily interested in the study of ships and shipwrecks. My research interests primarily concern ways we can better understand the shipwreck sites we are dealing with. Particularly theoretical concepts and methodological tools that allow us to better understand people in the past. These include: the adoption and development of maritime technology, post-medieval seafaring and shipbuilding, the role of non-human and natural objects and forces in archaeological assemblages, discussions of the Anthropocene, and the use of archival resources. 
  • I am also interested in the application of remote sensing systems, and their integration into archaeological methodologies. I am curious about other approaches to data collection and excavation and enjoy learning new processes and techniques—or variations on skills and systems I already use. Through my PhD research I developed a keen interest in the interoperability of data and exploring the integration of static digital archives with archaeological datasets and other data sources. This has developed into my current focus of implementing AI and ML-based systems to facilitate the study of maritime heritage data. In all these questions my focus is on how these techniques and systems can expand our knowledge of people in the past and how they experienced the world.

Professor Jonathan Adams BA DPhil MIfA FSA FRSA

Professor of Archaeology

Email: jjra@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Miss Julianne Pyron

Research interests

  • Roman Adriatic
  • Coastal and Landscape Archaeology
  • Social Life and Connectivity in the Mediterranean

Professor Justin Dix

Professor in Marine Geology & Geophysics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.k.dix@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH (View in Google Maps)

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