Last Friday our Bournemouth University maritime archaeologists met with Jessica Toole, MP for Bournemouth West, at the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) site in Poole to talk about their work recovering and preserving finds from shipwrecks from along the south coast: Read more about it here https://ow.ly/mIFT50UsrRa
Bournemouth University Archaeology & Anthropology
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Our active research interests stretch from the very earliest archaeology and anthropology of our human ancestors, right the way through to early farming societies, the Bronze and Iron Ages, to the Romans. They are also global in scale – from Europe and the Near East, to Africa, Asia, the Americas and the islands of the Pacific. We specialise in practical fieldwork and the analysis of archaeological and anthropological material, including digital, forensic and maritime methods and applications of archaeology and anthropology. We are also actively concerned with the relationships that exist between humans, objects, animals and our environments and how these vary across time and space, contributing not only to debates about the past, but also present day issues such as climate change. Importantly our research informs and enriches our teaching and professional work. Central to all of our taught courses is a strong emphasis on practical, hands-on learning involving our state-of-the-art laboratory and analytical facilities, field equipment and world-class teaching and learning collections. To support this emphasis on skills-based learning, placements are also available on all our undergraduate courses and we were amongst one of the very first departments in the UK to have our archaeology degrees accredited by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Our students rate us very highly – the 2020 National Student Survey put us in the top eight departments in the UK for our archaeology courses, and our students consistently comment on how engaged, approachable and helpful our lecturers are. Our reputation for research is growing very fast too - we are currently the top-rated new university for archaeological research and all of our staff are actively involved in research and working at the cutting edge of their fields. The department holds a Bronze Athena Swan Charter award which recognises our gender equality efforts.
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In July Sergiy Taranenko & Maksym Ostapenko visited Bournemouth University for a seminar on Using Archaeology for Veteran Recovery, supported by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. They also visited an Operation Nightingale project and presented a Ukrainian flag signed by the Archbishop of Kiev and a leading general in the Ukrainian Armed forces. Since returning to Kyiv, Sergiy and his team have been running some amazing projects helping many veterans recover their mental and physical well-being. They have been commemorating their time together by flag signing and exchanging gifts and mementos before returning to the Frontline to continue their work defending Ukraine. Recently, one of the Military Chaplin's wrote: 'our involvement in real archaeological excavations within the territory of the Monastery allow us to restore the physical and moral strength of our defenders, switching them from the maelstrom of negativity and constant stress caused by the war to the sphere of spirituality and culture'. The war in Ukraine has turned the lives of its people upside down. If you would like to help us support our Ukrainian friends with these projects or find out more, please visit https://buff.ly/3Nt0gFT
Donate to Help Sergiy Preserve & Present Ukrainian Heritage, organized by Mark Brisbane
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Doctor of Archaeology. Landscape, woodlands, historic environment and digital heritage
The call for papers for CAA International in Athens is now open. Be sure to take a look at the session being ran by Derek Pitman, Josephine Hagan, Rich Potter and myself: S8: Digital lifescapes: using multi-scalar approaches to map, model and reimagine urbanism, settlement and landscapes in archaeology. https://lnkd.in/eeW3tdWs
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Our Bournemouth University maritime archaeologists believe they have finally identified a shipwreck off the coast of Dorset, over thirty years after it was discovered. The team have concluded that the “Pin Wreck” is an Admiralty mooring lighter, which was built in 1866 and is thought to have been used in the salvage operation of HMS Eurydice off the Isle of Wight in 1878. Read more about it here; https://lnkd.in/e9xvaUBw https://lnkd.in/eVtqYB5M
Dorset shipwreck mystery solved
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It is with tremendous sadness that we share the news that our colleague and friend Professor Timothy Darvill has passed away who had been diagnosed with cancer only a few months ago. Tim was a passionate advocate for Archaeology and Anthropology and has been a part of the fabric of Bournemouth University for 30 years. He was a core member of our academic family and played a leading role across all aspects of our team, both a fervent educator and a world leading researcher. There are many within the discipline who count Tim as a mentor and friend. He will be missed. Please join us in taking a moment to remember Tim and the impact he has had on many of our lives. More information will follow once we have had time to digest the news.
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Join us on Tuesday 29th October for our annual Pitt Rivers Lecture with Dr Kenny Brophy
Pitt Rivers 2024: Housing the future dead
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We are hosting a public seminar on the results of using archaeology to help those suffering from trauma (especially but not exclusively members of the MoD. The seminar will be held on BU’s Talbot Campus on Friday 5 July from 10am to 5pm. Details here👇 https://lnkd.in/eXGcXQ6N #defence #mentalhealth #archaeology #BUProud
Using archaeology for recovery from trauma
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Largest known prehistoric rock engravings discovered in South America https://lnkd.in/ekpH-YwJ
Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
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A landmark new study by Bournemouth University researchers examines 30,000 years of prehistoric population history to understand how human societies develop resilience. https://lnkd.in/e4Bwzixs #BUProud #archaeology #demography #resilience #research #bournemouth #bournemouthuniversity #anthropology #history #highereducation