Two volumes have now been published on the archaeological work arising from the SPLASHCOS initiative: The Archaeology of Europe's Drowned Landscapes, published by Springer as an open access volume, and Oceans of Archaeology, published by the Jutland Archaeological Society.
Loren Davis (Oregon State University) and James Dixon (University of New Mexico) convened a discussion workshop at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC on June 11-12, with archaeologists engaged in underwater research, representatives of Native tribal organisations, and Federal agencies.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) is funding a new three-year project (2017-2020), the Deep History of Sea Country, dedicated to mapping submerged landscapes and the search for underwater archaeology off the coast of Western Australia.
These volumes have now been published: Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf, Coastline Changes of the Baltic Sea from South to East (Springer International) and Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf (Wiley Blackwell)
The European Commission has recently issued a call for research proposals under the geology section of the EMODnet Program (European Marine Observation and Data network) for high-resolution mapping of submerged landscapes (multibeam and seismic survey and borings).
Two major grants involving SPLASHCOS members have recently been awarded for new research. Prof. Vince Gaffney, University of Bradford, has won €2.5 million as an ERC Advanced Grant, while Prof. Dr. Hauke Joens reports that the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research, has won €1.8 million from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation.
Ulrike Guerin from UNESCO has secured an exhibition space in the UNESCO Pavilion in the public area close to the delegates entrance.
IKUWA6 will take place between 28 November and 2 December 2016 at the Western Australian Museum Fremantle, Western Australia. It is being hosted by the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, and this is the first time that IKUWA has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. The call for papers has just been issued.
There are a number of proposed sessions of relevance to submerged landscapes and prehistoric archaeology including a dedicated session on The Archaeology of Submerged Palaeolandscapes: a Global Perspective.
Ricardo Serrão Santos MEP hosted an Information Meeting on Underwater Cultural Heritage at the European Parliament on 1st October, 2015.
As reported in an earlier News Item, members of SPLASHCOS took part in a workshop session on ‘Maritime Heritage and Blue Growth: What’s the Connection?’
This session took place on 28th May in Athens as part of the European Maritime Day Conference. The session was organised by Nan-Chin Chu, Science Officer of the European Marine Board (EMB), with Geoff Bailey as Chair, and the participation of other members of SPLASHCOS and other organizations. For further details click here….
During the Conference the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, visited the EMB stand and received a copy of the recently published SUBLAND report. The attached photograph shows Niall McDonough (left) handing the SUBLAND Report to Commissioner Vella (far right), with Theodoros Dritsas, Alternate Minister from the Greek Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Maritime Affairs and Tourism.
