Andrew Roberts showcases some of the main archaeological disocveries from SAMPHIRE.
Two members of the SAMPHIRE team have just returned from the biennial international maritime archaeology conference IKUWA V, held in Cartagena in Spain from the 15th to the 19th of October. The conference was held in the beautiful surrounds of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial on the Campus Muralla del Mar. John McCarthy and Andrew Roberts travelled to Spain to present results from our work in 2013 and some of the new data we have gathered during 2014 to an international audience. We were also fortunate to be able to co-present with our Dr. Jonathan Benjamin, lecturer in maritime archaeology with our project partner Flinders University. This was a great opportunity for us to showcase Scottish marine archaeology on the international stage and to demonstrate the importance of positive collaboration with knowledgeable local communities to the investigation and discovery of offshore archaeology.