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Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology

University of Southampton via FutureLearn

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People have explored and depended on the oceans of our planet for millennia. During that time the geography of our world has changed radically as coastal regions have flooded and islands have risen up, or been lost beneath the waves. With 70% of the world’s surface covered by water, an unparalleled, yet largely untouched record of human life has been left beneath the sea for us to discover, from our earliest ancestors right through to present day. Over the length of this Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds course we will learn about maritime archaeology together - exploring underwater landscapes from the ancient Mediterranean to the prehistoric North Sea, and consider Shipwrecks from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast of the Americas.

We will introduce you to the pioneers of the discipline and explain what maritime archaeology is and why it is relevant today. We’ll also explore the technologies used to investigate these challenging environments and the new horizons that are opening to us daily. Finally, we’ll help show you ways in which you can become further involved in the exciting world of maritime archaeology.

The Centre for Maritime Archaeology is one of the world’s leading maritime research centres. Its strength lies in the breadth and depth of knowledge held by its staff, its variety of active projects across the globe and the energy and enthusiasm of its students. As you will learn through this course, maritime archaeology is a highly demanding field, drawing on marine geophysics, archaeology, history, environmental science and advanced computing techniques. We hope that the diverse expertise of our team can truly do justice to the potential of this topic to transform our understanding of human society in the past, present and potentially the future.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to take this course. Students should be curious, enthusiastic readers, with an interest in archaeology, history and the sea.

There are no essential resources for this course. During the four weeks of the course, there are some activities that give you the option to use online applications such as:

  • Padlet

Reviews

4.6 rating, based on 5 Class Central reviews

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  • One of the best MOOCs I've taken, this course is wide-ranging and covers a timespan from prehistory to the present. It packs a great deal of information into 4 weeks, and would probably be better spread over 5 or even 6 weeks. I couldn't keep up the first time I took it (having enrolled for too many courses at once when I first discovered MOOCs, since they all underestimate the amount of time you need per week if you want to read around the subject and look at other online resources) so I took it a second time.
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    Sheri Havens
    This course requires a bit of work. Besides videos, there are readings,classroom participation and mini quizzes. Very interesting maritime sites to view.
  • Anonymous
    The promo for this course is awesome and the blog regualrly features new information. There's lots of discussion and sharing on Twitter.
  • Millie B.

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