Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology

Sara Rich is Assistant Professor of Honors at Coastal Carolina University. She is an archaeologist, art historian, artist, and author of speculative fiction. She has directed underwater archaeological campaigns on shipwrecks and submerged settlements in the Mediterranean, English Channel, and North Atlantic, and is now directing her attention to the West Atlantic. Her new book, Shipwreck Hauntography: Underwater Ruins and the Uncanny, was published by Amsterdam University Press in 2021. An open-access book, Closer to Dust, was released from Punctum Press, also in 2021. Sara is also author of Shipwrecks and Provenance (2018) and Cedar Forests, Cedar Ships (2017), both published by Archaeopress. In danger of turning landlubber, her latest book, Mushroom, will soon be available in the Bloomsbury series Object Lessons. Peter B. Campbell is Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Under Threat at Cranfield University. He received his PhD in Archaeology from the Centre for Maritime Studies at the University of Southampton and MA in Maritime Studies from East Carolina University. He served as a research fellow at the British School at Rome from 2017-2018 and Assistant Director for Archaeology and Archaeological Science from 2018-2020. His research broadly examines maritime connectivity and he has directed archaeological projects in seven countries, primarily in the Mediterranean, including co-directing the Egadi Islands Survey Project (Italy) and Fournoi Underwater Survey (Greece), but also research in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Beyond maritime connectivity, Peter studies the illicit antiquities trade, research which has been used in policy papers and presented to the OSCE, INTERPOL, and UN/UNESCO. Peter is active in public engagement, publishing articles in Bloomberg, New York Times, and the Guardian, as well as recently appearing on BBC, CNN, History Channel, Discovery, and National Geographic.