Preclassical Seafaring

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2015

Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies, 2020

The majority of current research dealing with the maritime world is centered on abstract notions such as trade, networks, connectivity or the movement of objects. Yet, while these abstractions are useful and necessary, they often tend to neglect the people involved in seafaring activities and their experiences, contributing to the still dominant perception of the open sea as an empty space. This article seeks to address the human maritime experience as an intrinsic part of a seascape by tracing the specific experiences a sailor would have made out at sea. Based on an analysis of archaeological material derived from Late Bronze Age and Archaic shipwrecks from the eastern Mediterranean and incorporating comparative textual sources and iconography the article will attempt to shed light on particular aspects of maritime culture in prehistoric societies that are hard to grasp.

Edge of Empire, 2008

The Symposium "Edge of Empire" was made possible through two grants, one from the The Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento and another from Dr. Peter Amaral. These funds allowed a group of students to present their research, network, and get acquainted with their peers' ongoing research. These meetings offer invaluable opportunities for students to gather comments and opinions about their work as well as to make acquaintances, combine summer projects, exchange ideas, discuss practices, and, not less importantly, gossip about their universities' politics, their teachers and advisors. The Symposium would not have been as interesting without the collaboration of the two discussants, Dr. Roger Smith and Dr. Brad Lowen, both good friends and old time collaborators with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Nautical Archaeology Program. We want to thank them for their words of encouragement and their input. Finally, we want to thank the sponsors of this publication, which was only possible through the sponsorship of Texas A&M University's Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation.

This course unites experts in maritime and nautical archaeology and others specialists in various scientific related fields, to discuss with course participants the full spectrum of maritime and nautical archaeology in the Mediterranean. The chosen format – a short, intense course conducted in an accelerated summer school session – allows participation by many European specialists, affording students direct contact with professionals working and studying in the fields of maritime and nautical archaeology and other related areas. This workshop will establish a creative environment for discussing the present and future of the archaeological, historical and ethnographic nautical heritage of the Mediterranean.

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2020

Low water levels of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) in recent decades due to droughts and anthropogenic factors have exposed large portions of the lakebed. Archaeological surveys of the newly exposed areas yielded prehistoric sites, harbours, anchorages, shipwrecks, cargoes and shoreline installations, attesting to changing maritime activity on the lake through time. The di erent assemblages are presented and discussed within the context of the lake's highly speci c physical and climatic settings. Scarcity of shelters, onshore winds and unpredictable lake-level changes in uenced human activity, as re ected in the archaeological records. Collectively, the nds represent the history of maritime activity on the Sea of Galilee.

Journal of Lithic Technology, 2016