Centre for Maritime Archaeology

Our people

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

For admissions enquiries and programme coordinator please contact Dr Helen Farr r.h.farr@soton.ac.uk

Miss Abigail Darville

Research interests

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

Research interests

  • Eastern Mediterranean
  • Coastal sediment dynamics and nearshore hydrodynamics
  • Digital archaeology
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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

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Dr 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
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Professor Fraser Sturt

Deputy Director SMMI

Research interests

  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Geomatics
  • Evaluation methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Georgia Andreou

Lecturer in Archaeology & Sustainability

Research interests

  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Eastern Mediterranean
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Dr Helen Farr

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Seafaring
  • Submerged Palaeo Landscapes
  • Maritime Heritage

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Jonathan Adams BA DPhil MIfA FSA FRSA

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • the chronology and impact of environmental change on later prehistoric human populations in the Black Sea region
  • maritime connectivity in the Black Sea
  • ships as tools of Early Modern state-building
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Miss Julianne Pyron

Research interests

  • Southern Adriatic Cultures
  • Ethnicity and Identity in the Ancient World
  • Maritime Cultural Landcape
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Professor Justin Dix

Professor in Marine Geology & Geophysics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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