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WA Coastal & Marine team participate in underwater excavation of Neolithic settlement in Eastern Mediterranean In September two WA Coastal & Marine staff set off for Israel to participate in a seven day course of underwater excavation and training. Dr Jonathan Benjamin and John McCarthy of our Edinburgh...
Surveying in Shetland Dr Stephanie Arnott and Genevieve Shaw recently returned from conducting geophysical surveys of several wrecks around Shetland, as part of a project for Historic Scotland. Steph tells us about their...
Public urged to search the shore and share their stories in Western Isles Fishermen, beachcombers, divers and local people in the Western Isles are being urged to report anything unusual they’ve spotted at the shoreline or under the sea to a new archaeological project,...
WA Coastal & Marine at the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS) 2011 Meeting WA Coastal & Marine, through our Edinburgh office, presented a poster (displayed below) at the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS) first annual science meeting held in...
WA Coastal & Marine featured on BBC Alba Dr. Jonathan Benjamin and Dr. Andrew Bicket from WA Coastal & Marine (Edinburgh Office) appeared on BBC Alba's news programme, An Là on 20 July 2011.In the interview, Jonathan explained how...
Seabed may hold clues to first inhabitants of Outer Hebrides Experts from Wessex Archaeology's Coastal and Marine department will give a presentation on Lewis on how submerged areas of the Western Islesmay hold clues about the first islanders to live there...
Wessex Archaeology Coastal & Marine team participate in underwater excavation of Mesolithic site in Denmark Last month, two of Wessex Archaeology’s Coastal & Marine staff were invited to take part in a test excavation at a newly discovered underwater Mesolithic site in the Danish Baltic. The site,...
Marine licensing: uncharted waters Brodies LLP celebrated the introduction of the new marine licensing system on 6 April 2011 with a seminar at their Aberdeen office along with Jim McKie of Marine Scotland and Dr Jonathan Benjamin of...
Our first year in Edinburgh April 2010 - May 2011 events Our Wessex Archaeology Edinburgh team have been busy participating in a wide variety of events since opening our office in the Spring of 2010 . These events range from society lectures to...
Book Launch - Submerged Prehistory Submerged PrehistoryThe Wessex Archaeology Edinburgh office hosted a reception at the Royal Society of Edinburgh yesterday evening to celebrate the launch of the book Submerged Prehistory.The book...