News
17.01.24 | UPF-volume recommended for publication by reviewers
The volume “The Intertidal Shipwreck: Management of a Historic Resource in an Unmanageable Environment” co-edited by Jennifer Jones, Calvin Mires and myself was recommended for publication by the series editors.
08.06.23 | MS-PPC website launched (Erasmus+ programme)
The Marine Spaces – Planning / Culture / Climate (MS-PCC) programme is a two-stage effort to build a Joint MSc in Sustainable Ocean Management that integrates training in Maritime Cultural Heritage, Marine Spatial Planning, and Climate Science.
01.05.23 | Freelancing as offshore archaeologist
Due to a growing demand for an archaeological watching brief on UXO clearance campaigns, I have expanded my portfolio and started to offer my services as an offshore archaeologist.
19.08.22 | Conference website
The website of the conference “Shipwrecks in the Intertidal Zone” has been launched, which I am co-organising and managing on behalf of the State Archaeology Department of Schleswig-Holstein.
09.04.22 | SPIEGEL-coverage
The challenges encountered in documenting Süderoog’s maritime cultural heritage by Holger Spreer and myself was highlighted in a 2-page SPIEGEL article.
08.04.22 | Guest lecture at Koç University (Istanbul)
At the invitation of Prof. Matthew Harpster, director of the Koç University’s Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR), I presented my recent wreck research at KUDAR’s campus as invited speaker.
06.03.22 | Süderoogsand wrecks investigated
Interim report on my investigation of historic shipwrecks on the outer shoal of Süderoogsand (one of the three North Frisian barrier islands) shortly after their exposure by a storm.
20.01.22 | Co-published an article about a geophysical wreck survey
entitled: “Multi-Coil FD-EMI in Tidal Flat Areas: Prospection and Ground Truthing at a 17th Century Wooden Ship WreckageMulti-Coil FD-EMI in Tidal Flat Areas: Prospection and Ground Truthing at a 17th Century Wooden Ship Wreckage”
30.08.21 | Cooperation with the Dutch heritage agency
Between March and August 2021 I contributed to the shipwreck-database “MaSS” of the ‘Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed’ as freelance editor.
MaSS shipwreck database30.07.21 | Hörnum Odde wreck published in the ISBSA-proceedings
My article about a late 17th-century wreck built with a double-planked ‘Dutch-flush’ technique was published in the ISBSA-proceedings.