Call for Papers: Under the Mediterranean II
Valletta, Malta, 6-10 April 2022 POSTPONED TO November 2-6, 2022

please contact: underthemed22@um.ed.mt

The Conference

Honor Frost’s connection to Malta can be traced back to 1967 and the Mellieħa Bay project.  Ms Frost’s subsequent publication ‘The Mortar Wreck in Mellieħa’, can be considered as the beginning of underwater cultural heritage activities in Malta, as well as the beginning of a long association between Ms Frost and the island, where she kept a house and considered it a second home. This connection will be celebrated through a small ‘Honor Frost in Malta’ exhibition at the Malta Maritime Museum, which will include her notes and illustrations from the Mellieħa Bay excavation.

Key Themes and Chairpersons

Integrated Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the context of the Ocean Decade Emad Kahlil  & Athena Trakadas

Phoenician and Punic Seafaring Nicholas Vella & Chris Monroe

Cargo Assemblages – New Documentation and Interpretation Approaches Stella Demesticha & Peter Campbell                                                       

Report Sessions and Chairpersons

Maritime Cultural Landscapes  Nicolas Carayon & Helen Farr           

Maritime Iconography Timmy Gambin &  Kosta Damianides          

Maritime Archaeology – A History of the Discipline Lucy Blue & Anna Demetriou

Shipwrecks and Shipbuilding  Giulia Boetto & Irena Radic Rossi

Science from the Deep Franca Cibecchini & Jon Adams