The next in the series of Marine Life Talks鈥毬犫�淟iving the life aquatic: a maritime archaeological odyssey鈥濃�毬爓ill be delivered by Dr R Helen Farr鈥� at the National Oceanography聽Centre Southampton on Thursday 5th April at 19.30.
With Titanic mania sweeping Southampton this month in聽memory of the 100th anniversary of its demise, Helen will provide a聽whirlwind tour of the development of seafaring and maritime activity聽from its origins in the Pleistocene, and our ancestors鈥� first open聽water crossings, to the cutting edge technology that maritime聽archaeologists deploy today.
The technological development and the symbolic role of the ship聽within society will be explored alongside the developing discipline聽and challenges of maritime archaeology.
Helen Farr is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow聽within the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of聽Southampton.聽 Her research interests include ancient seafaring and聽island colonization, prehistoric submerged landscapes and the dynamic聽relationship between people and their changing environment as聽sea-levels rose during the Holocene. Combining skills in marine聽archaeology, palaeoevnvironmental analysis and geoarchaeology Helen聽has projects in the Solent, central Mediterranean and the Indian聽Ocean.
Helen is on the editorial board for the Journal of Maritime聽Archaeology where she is also Reviews Editor, an HSE commercial diver聽and a keen sailor.
The Marine Life Talks are held on the first聽Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre聽Southampton, and are open to the public, staff and students. Please聽arrive at 7.15pm to be met in Reception. Arrangements for wheelchairs聽must be made in advance.
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton is reached via Dock Gate
4 (between Southampton’s Town Quay and Ocean Village).
Further information:
Contact: +44 (0)23 8059 6666