Peter Campbell
Peter is a lecturer in cultural heritage under threat at Cranfield University. Previously, he was the Assistant Director of the British School at Rome. His PhD in Archaeology is from the University of Southampton and examines innovation and technological change in the archaeological record. Peter is a Federal Qualified Principal Investigator (US) in maritime archaeology and member of the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA).
Peter’s research focuses on identifying social and behavioral aspects of maritime trade through quantitative methods, including using mass spectrometry, UV/IR fluorescence, and x-ray fluorescence. Recent projects span Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, and United States. Current projects and upcoming publications include molecular analysis of shipwreck remains, ritual use of submerged caves, archaeology and modern identities, and 3D scanning and elemental analysis of bronze age mortuary caves. On occasion he writes about himself in the third person.
Peter’s research focuses on identifying social and behavioral aspects of maritime trade through quantitative methods, including using mass spectrometry, UV/IR fluorescence, and x-ray fluorescence. Recent projects span Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, and United States. Current projects and upcoming publications include molecular analysis of shipwreck remains, ritual use of submerged caves, archaeology and modern identities, and 3D scanning and elemental analysis of bronze age mortuary caves. On occasion he writes about himself in the third person.
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The contributions then branch out, like tentacles or corals, reaching into the lessons of oil spills, cephalopod hideouts, shipwreck literature, ruined monuments, and beached plastics. The volume concludes with a series of critical responses to these papers, which pushes the dialogue into new areas of inquiry. Taken as a whole, the volume emphasizes that the study of the past is more relevant than ever because serious consideration of our transtemporal watery world and all its inhabitants is increasingly necessary for our collective survival. This volume takes the first steps toward this reckoning and, as such, it promises to be an important new contribution to lecture and conference halls around the world where oceans and the Anthropocene are under study.
To highlight these networks and their results, the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the British School at Rome and the Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of Sicily, with generous support from the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, assembled this anthology of papers. The aim is to present a selection of the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily.
The collaboration between the Sicilian and international partners, often in an interdisciplinary framework, has generated important results and perspectives. The articles in this volume present research projects from throughout the island. The core of the articles is concerned with the Archaic through to the Roman period, but diachronic studies also trace lines back to the Stone Age and up to the contemporary era. A range of methods and sources are explored, thus creating an up-to-date volume that is a referential gateway to contemporary Sicilian archaeology.
Review: Niccolò Mugnai, in Antiquity 2021 Vol. 95 (383), 1355-1356; Thomas Lappi, in sehepunkte 21 (2021), Nr. 12 [15.12.2021], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de
/2021/12/36004.html
Papers by Peter Campbell
the topography of ancient Rome. Seated between the Palatine and the Aventine hills, the area is
adjacent to the Circus Maximus and very close to the Forum Boarium (for the ancient topographical
context of the study area, see among others Coarelli 2008).
The aim of the survey was to locate archaeological features underneath the piazza with Ground-
Penetrating Radar (GPR) and to record the current layout of the area, dominated by the church
façade, with high-resolution 3D laser scanning. The ultimate objective was to combine the data in
a shared 3D environment capable of representing the diachronic evolution
The chapter is published in Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology (2023), which is available to read for free on the Sidestone website: https://www.sidestone.com/books/contemporary-philosophy-for-maritime-archaeology
is beset by uncertainty. As R Laurence has argued in connection with roads,
movement has been under-theorised, with scholars often focusing on economy or speed. This chapter argues likewise for movement by sea. Unlike movement on land, which is relatively direct and reproducible along roads or across landscapes, movement at sea is dependent upon external forces such as winds, currents and the sea state, the navigation of which requires constant situation-dependent decision-making. In the fields of archaeology and anthropology, the concept of contingency has been used to interpret routine creation and decision-making relating to seasonality in the agrarian countryside. This chapter argues that contingency can also be used as a means to interpret ship and harbour activity. Contingency is not only descriptive of ship movement, but also a lens for examining the interconnectivity between the individuals, vessels, infrastructure and social mechanisms that comprised a maritime ecosystem for long-distance trade.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-roman-law-and-maritime-commerce.html
https://www.routledge.com/Space-Movement-and-the-Economy-in-Roman-Cities-in-Italy-and-Beyond/Vermeulen-Zuiderhoek/p/book/9780367371562
The Battle of the Aegates Islands is significant as the naval engagement that ended the First Punic War and the only ancient naval battle site that has been located in the archaeological record. The Egadi Islands survey is a collaboration between the Soprintendenza del Mare, RPM Nautical Foundation and Global Underwater Explorers, surveying an area of 270 km 2 with the main concentration of the battle spread over 4 km 2. This chapter provides an overview of the 2005-2019 maritime archaeological survey of the battle site, detailing the 23 bronze warship rams that have been found on site, along with helmets, swords and cargo. The finds reveal cross-cultural interactions in the mid-3rd century BC, as well as the earliest assemblage of Roman and Carthaginian military equipment.
paper examines how these vessels came to sink in a relatively obscure location. It examines Aegean navigation and Fournoi’s role in north-south and east-west sailing routes. The assemblage of wrecks is not the product of the usual processes discussed by maritime archaeology, such as ship traps, hazardous environment, or abandonments, but a function of the large volume of ship traffic that passed the islands as a result of the Aegean’s navigational landscape.
To highlight these networks and their results, the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the British School at Rome and the Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of Sicily, with generous support from the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, assembled this anthology of papers. The aim is to present a selection of the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily.
The collaboration between the Sicilian and international partners, often in an interdisciplinary framework, has generated important results and perspectives. The articles in this volume present research projects from throughout the island. The core of the articles is concerned with the Archaic through to the Roman period, but diachronic studies also trace lines back to the Stone Age and up to the contemporary era. A range of methods and sources are explored, thus creating an up-to-date volume that is a referential gateway to contemporary Sicilian archaeology.
Review: Niccolò Mugnai, in Antiquity 2021 Vol. 95 (383), 1355-1356; Thomas Lappi, in sehepunkte 21 (2021), Nr. 12 [15.12.2021], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de
/2021/12/36004.html
requires an accurate conception of that which
facilitates maritime movement: the sea. The theory of
“maritime cultural landscapes” has sought to address
these questions from a landscape approach, and it is perhaps
the most influential theory in maritime archaeology
over the last thirty years. However, recent developments
in philosophy challenge the cognitive-landscape theory
underpinning the paradigm. This article examines these
philosophies, the “flat ontologies” of Speculative Realism
and Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and argues that
they can be used to understand the sea as a new type of
entity—a hyperobject. In this approach, the sea is not a
landscape or facilitator of human activity but an entity
of vast geographical and temporal scale that possesses
agency. It argues for moving beyond idealist philosophies,
such as cultural landscapes, toward the realist philosophy
of OOO, including understanding the sea as a
hyperobject.
The contributions then branch out, like tentacles or corals, reaching into the lessons of oil spills, cephalopod hideouts, shipwreck literature, ruined monuments, and beached plastics. The volume concludes with a series of critical responses to these papers, which pushes the dialogue into new areas of inquiry. Taken as a whole, the volume emphasizes that the study of the past is more relevant than ever because serious consideration of our transtemporal watery world and all its inhabitants is increasingly necessary for our collective survival. This volume takes the first steps toward this reckoning and, as such, it promises to be an important new contribution to lecture and conference halls around the world where oceans and the Anthropocene are under study.
To highlight these networks and their results, the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the British School at Rome and the Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of Sicily, with generous support from the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, assembled this anthology of papers. The aim is to present a selection of the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily.
The collaboration between the Sicilian and international partners, often in an interdisciplinary framework, has generated important results and perspectives. The articles in this volume present research projects from throughout the island. The core of the articles is concerned with the Archaic through to the Roman period, but diachronic studies also trace lines back to the Stone Age and up to the contemporary era. A range of methods and sources are explored, thus creating an up-to-date volume that is a referential gateway to contemporary Sicilian archaeology.
Review: Niccolò Mugnai, in Antiquity 2021 Vol. 95 (383), 1355-1356; Thomas Lappi, in sehepunkte 21 (2021), Nr. 12 [15.12.2021], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de
/2021/12/36004.html
the topography of ancient Rome. Seated between the Palatine and the Aventine hills, the area is
adjacent to the Circus Maximus and very close to the Forum Boarium (for the ancient topographical
context of the study area, see among others Coarelli 2008).
The aim of the survey was to locate archaeological features underneath the piazza with Ground-
Penetrating Radar (GPR) and to record the current layout of the area, dominated by the church
façade, with high-resolution 3D laser scanning. The ultimate objective was to combine the data in
a shared 3D environment capable of representing the diachronic evolution
The chapter is published in Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology (2023), which is available to read for free on the Sidestone website: https://www.sidestone.com/books/contemporary-philosophy-for-maritime-archaeology
is beset by uncertainty. As R Laurence has argued in connection with roads,
movement has been under-theorised, with scholars often focusing on economy or speed. This chapter argues likewise for movement by sea. Unlike movement on land, which is relatively direct and reproducible along roads or across landscapes, movement at sea is dependent upon external forces such as winds, currents and the sea state, the navigation of which requires constant situation-dependent decision-making. In the fields of archaeology and anthropology, the concept of contingency has been used to interpret routine creation and decision-making relating to seasonality in the agrarian countryside. This chapter argues that contingency can also be used as a means to interpret ship and harbour activity. Contingency is not only descriptive of ship movement, but also a lens for examining the interconnectivity between the individuals, vessels, infrastructure and social mechanisms that comprised a maritime ecosystem for long-distance trade.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-roman-law-and-maritime-commerce.html
https://www.routledge.com/Space-Movement-and-the-Economy-in-Roman-Cities-in-Italy-and-Beyond/Vermeulen-Zuiderhoek/p/book/9780367371562
The Battle of the Aegates Islands is significant as the naval engagement that ended the First Punic War and the only ancient naval battle site that has been located in the archaeological record. The Egadi Islands survey is a collaboration between the Soprintendenza del Mare, RPM Nautical Foundation and Global Underwater Explorers, surveying an area of 270 km 2 with the main concentration of the battle spread over 4 km 2. This chapter provides an overview of the 2005-2019 maritime archaeological survey of the battle site, detailing the 23 bronze warship rams that have been found on site, along with helmets, swords and cargo. The finds reveal cross-cultural interactions in the mid-3rd century BC, as well as the earliest assemblage of Roman and Carthaginian military equipment.
paper examines how these vessels came to sink in a relatively obscure location. It examines Aegean navigation and Fournoi’s role in north-south and east-west sailing routes. The assemblage of wrecks is not the product of the usual processes discussed by maritime archaeology, such as ship traps, hazardous environment, or abandonments, but a function of the large volume of ship traffic that passed the islands as a result of the Aegean’s navigational landscape.
To highlight these networks and their results, the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the British School at Rome and the Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of Sicily, with generous support from the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, assembled this anthology of papers. The aim is to present a selection of the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily.
The collaboration between the Sicilian and international partners, often in an interdisciplinary framework, has generated important results and perspectives. The articles in this volume present research projects from throughout the island. The core of the articles is concerned with the Archaic through to the Roman period, but diachronic studies also trace lines back to the Stone Age and up to the contemporary era. A range of methods and sources are explored, thus creating an up-to-date volume that is a referential gateway to contemporary Sicilian archaeology.
Review: Niccolò Mugnai, in Antiquity 2021 Vol. 95 (383), 1355-1356; Thomas Lappi, in sehepunkte 21 (2021), Nr. 12 [15.12.2021], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de
/2021/12/36004.html
requires an accurate conception of that which
facilitates maritime movement: the sea. The theory of
“maritime cultural landscapes” has sought to address
these questions from a landscape approach, and it is perhaps
the most influential theory in maritime archaeology
over the last thirty years. However, recent developments
in philosophy challenge the cognitive-landscape theory
underpinning the paradigm. This article examines these
philosophies, the “flat ontologies” of Speculative Realism
and Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and argues that
they can be used to understand the sea as a new type of
entity—a hyperobject. In this approach, the sea is not a
landscape or facilitator of human activity but an entity
of vast geographical and temporal scale that possesses
agency. It argues for moving beyond idealist philosophies,
such as cultural landscapes, toward the realist philosophy
of OOO, including understanding the sea as a
hyperobject.
That is, until now.
Follow the link above to access the free article on the New York Times website.
After centuries of archaeological finds, it’s a common sentiment that little remains to be discovered. “I was born too soon to explore the cosmos and too late to explore the Earth,” is a popular refrain on the Internet.
I would argue that the greatest age of discovery is happening right now. And the real fun is just about to begin.
The fact is, no major treasure-hunting venture has ever been profitable for investors, according to a series of academic studies. And from an archaeological point of view, there are compelling scientific and legal reasons that investments in treasure hunting won’t pay off.