(ASOR 2020 Workshop) by Georgia Andreou MarEA has recently presented two papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Overseas Research. A paper was delivered in Cultural Heritage: Preservation, Presentation and Management session, examining capacity building in maritime archaeology in the Near East. A second paper was part …
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By Colin Breen and Crystal Safadi Over the past two decades, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have emerged as one of the primary legislative initiatives used to protect the marine environment. Additionally, they are recognised as being an integral management mechanism used to address Climate Change, and can be a driver …
By Harmen Huigens Introduction The MarEA project’s main method to assess maritime archaeological heritage and the threats posed to it is remote sensing – using aerial and satellite imagery to document archaeological sites, their condition, and how they are threatened by natural or anthropogenic processes. Modern high-resolution satellite imagery is …
By Kieran Westley Background: Suakin on Sudan’s Red Sea coast (Figure 1) remains one of the most enigmatic and iconic sites in eastern Sudan with many traditions and folk tales associated with it, embedding the place into the region’s psyche. Throughout much of the second millennium it was one of …
